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I growled or made some sort of animalistic noise when his abs were on full display for Grace to see, then wanted to laugh in triumph when she touched her neck exactly where I’d left a hickey last night

She’d said she was cold this , so the excuse worked as she wrapped a light scarf around her neck

I smiled to myself

Kai elbowedto think you’ve been medicated”

I cleared my throat “Sorry”

He sighed “Tell ht”

“I went to bed” Just later than he thought I had

Me to the forefront ofnot tohad ever felt so good in my entire life

I nervously clearedI needed was to be live for the world to see, sporting a boner

Talk about scandal

Kai elbowed ain

“What?” I hissed

“You like her?”

“No, I kiss every girl I see; it’s kind ofnow,” I said with a heavy dose of sarcasm

“She leaves soon, you know” He just had to remind me

“Not for another two months,” I corrected him

“Just be careful,” he said under his breath “Rae’s close to her too”

“I know” I bit down onmore “But they’re just friends”

“She knows that You know that Does he know that?” Kai asked under his breath

Sookie peered around Kai and stared at me with a sadness in his eyes, then whispered in Korean, “Don’t hurt Rae”

“I won’t,” I lied, not sure I could keep that promise

Sookie smiled and then adjusted the mic on his shirt before Rae finally joined us at the table

We were going to read some thirst tweets first, followed by a live Q&A about the roup

Within seconds, the lights were on us, and it was tiet set intothe cameras with an actual smile on my face, happy about my future for the first time in years Proud of our album, our hard work, and thankful that a messy, noisy intern was the reason I was able to even be on that stage answering questions

I owed her everything