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Jenny smiles a friendly smile “You must be Sullivan I’ve heard so much about you”

What? I frown deeply at Akara

He’s shaking his head “Not from me, Sul”

Jenny laughs softly “Right, definitely not He toldI totally get it But I know a lot fro, so she looks up to you a lot”

“Oh, fucking rad,” I say into a single nod Jenny seeravates me even more It really shouldn’t especially since she has a little sister just like I do

Weight sinks further in ut

Jenny returns her attention to Akara “I’ll be waiting, Kits” She winks flirtatiously before slinking back into his bedroom

My stomach has tossed five times

Kits?

Kits!

She called him KITS!

What The Fuck!

I’ve never heard a single person call him that but me My mouth dries, and I feel a hand on my shoulder “Breathe, mermaid,” Banks whispers beside rip My hand is pink and numb

Akara runs his fingers through his black hair a thousand ti his palaze is onme But then he drops his hand to say, “What do you need, Sul?”

Oh no

“Oh no,” I actually say “We’re not going to talk about her?” I realize how loud I’ down the hallway to the other bedroo Donnelly and Quinn wasn’t on the agenda when I decided to come here at 4 am

It wasn’t a well thought-out plan

Fucking obviously

Akara comes closer “She’s a friend of a friend It’s just casual”

“But she called you Kits?” I frown deeply

Banks places the frozen broccoli on a shelf behind me

Akara cringes “It happens Some people have seen We Are Calloway—and there are times that you’ve used the nickname on air”

Honestly, I haven’t really watched a lot of the aired segweird

I s a lu alive, a heartbeat fro the door

Because the more territorial I seem over Akara, the worse I feel He’s not mine

We’re not dating We’re barely even friends at this point Whatever ere is dangling on a cliff by a cheap friendship-bracelet string The kind that frays after one hot summer