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Chapter One

Joslyn

I never hated parties until I beca the word party makes my anxiety soar I despise hi me hate parties I shouldered past a wo sequins and their dresses are so short I’d bet h that was easyabout Playboy of the century Partier for the ages He was quintessentially Jay Gatsby inand everyone at their beck and call When I first ht These days, thinking back on that tiirl school all my life and had very little exposure to boys When you live in a bubble and with little experiences with boys and , well, let’s just say losing inity to the one and only Aramis had been a no-brainer Thankfully, of all the crude annoyances that came out of his ive at least that much to the man—he had a little bit of respect for me

“Oh, there she is, the bitch in red,” he shouted upon my entrance

A little bit of respect for hts on, walking over to the table and switching thethe DJ’s speakers—back, to back, to back, to back Everyone groaned and cousting, sweating, inebriated, drugged out, dancing, fucking, sinful creatures, and shook my head, as if I were theirthis prudish, I turnedin a chair,propped up and the other on the floor, a goofy drunken smile on his face

“Everyone, get out,” I said loudly, still staring at him

“Aw, but the party was just getting started, Boss,” he said

“Out,” I shouted “Out, out, out, out, out!”

“On whose orders?” a randouy shouted from somewhere in the room

“By order of The Crown Do you need me to have you arrested?” I yelled even louder

Everyone seeet a clue and rushed out of the room

“I need to put s away” That was the DJ

“It’s fine” I kicked away an e a few feet away fro”

“I’m home” He sat up in the chair with a flinch “Fuck, that hurt”

I shuthierator in the corner of the rooh and God only knehat else The only thing Ara to ease his pain these days o it was because he didn’t love what he saw in the mirror The fiery car accident he’d been in a couple of ed hi honest with o back to being the playboy who slept around Mostly, I just wanted him to calhing on lass water bottle and twisted the cap off as I walked over to him

“I had to leave my date with David early because of this party” I handed him the bottle He closed his hand over asped in surprise, s like that

“Your date with David?” he asked, his alcohol-infused breath tickling ain This ti