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My phone dinged again, but I ignored it, shoving down the little surge of guilt that accompanied that sound Ethan had textedout As a general rule, we didn’t lie to each other But so to Carson’s o, then what? Carsonso that he wanted me to come alone

He wanted ue with that?

I wasn’t doing anything wrong, I told myself as I waited for Carson’s relays I was allowed to have a life outside of Ethan Even he had plans to officially ask Beth out over winter break, and then he’d be so preoccupied, I’d hardly see him

By the time I arrived at theI sat through girls varsity, and when they finished their final relay, I knew the boys varsity was finally about to start, which meant Carson would be up soon

I searched for hiht of him It wasn’ton theover my shoulder and turned

Carson s fun?”

“Yeah,” I said, and I hardly recognized my own voice It was soft and breathless

The Wild Cats warht out the blue in his eyes, and there was an energy there I had never seen before, one that I was sure had to do with the race As he ran a hand through his hed “Liar I’m sure you’re bored”

“Brooks!” His coach yelled from across the pool, where he stood, clipboard in hand

Carson rolled his eyes “That man keeps tabs on me like I’m his kid”

“Well, they can’t betheir star swimmer, now can they?”

His eyes glittered, and he slapped a hand to his chest “Is that a co from Mia Randalls?”

“Maybe”

“Or is she just flirting with“I’d better go” Carson grinned as he backed aatching me the whole time “Tell Mom I said hi,” he hollered, then winked and walked off

I watched as hehe was saying as he undressed, taking off his zip-up jacket first He stretched histhe up All his muscles flickered with the movement, and I was so mesmerized by his washboard stomach, it took me a second to notice he had reht Wild Cat swim shorts Of course Carson took that rin turned to a self-satisfied smirk