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Keith

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My thu as I saw a pic posted by Skylar

My heart dropped, and all I could think was that I was stupid, so stupid

She was sitting on the edge of one of those rattan lounge chairs, her hands planted behind her She had on a royal-blue two-piece that showed off her banging body Sitting across fro Theythey looked aether

I stared at the picture for God kno long Too long

Why oh as I following her?

I knew the answer I’d started following her years ago because she was dating Sebastian and apparently I was into self-punishment I even liked her pictures just to prove that I wasn’t a jealous bitch

But I was a jealous bitch of the highest order

I couldn’t stop what I did next I quickly went to Sebastian’s account to see if there were any pictures froo He wasn’t big on socialon and off

Noanted to pitch myself off the balcony for a totally different reason

Sebastian had texted a few times since Thursday, but I hadn’t seen his had changed When Sebastian was ho Skylar, I saw him nearly every other day, if not every day The only time I didn’t hen he wasn’t home

So he was avoiding me

I cursed under my breath, tapped out of the app and dropped y anxiety churned e maple in the backyard Was he back with Skylar, a handful of days after I kissed him? Did it even matter?

It shouldn’t, but it did

Disgusted withto loseunrelated to me

I’d es before I heard footsteps on the stairs leading up to the balcony I lifted my chin and I froze when I saw the top of Sebastian’s head, torn betanting to dive back into my bedroom and rush him with my arms spread wide

I did neither of those things

Heart thu heavily in my chest, I slowly closed the book as he crested the last step All the air leaked out of s

Oh, come on

Sebastian was shirtless It wasn’t the first time I’d seen him half-clothed, but each time was like the first time

Chest defined, stomach chiseled like he was cut of marble and hips lean He wasn’t overly muscled Oh no, he was just a priood And he earing a baseball cap Backward

I just ioo

I hated him

One side of his lips quirked up as he swaggered across the small balcony

“Hey, nerd”

For a moment, I couldn’t respond I was thrust back to the lake, me in his lap and his mouth oh so briefly on mine Heat flushed my cheeks and spread lower, much lower

Oh my God

I needed to get control ofhad happened That hat he was doing I could do it, too I had to, because if I couldn’t, how could we be friends?

He looked up and his gaze ht I saw a faint pink infuse his cheeks Was he blushing? Maybe he wasn’t as good at pretending as I thought he was

Clearing my throat, I cradled the book to et dressed before you walked out of the house?”

His eyes glimmered as they moved back to me His shoulders loosened “I was just so excited to co a clean shirt”

“Uh-huh”

“I thought about texting you” He leaned against the railing, next to ured you were out here”

“Am I that predictable?”

“Yes”