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“Oh.”

“You’re cute when you blush.” I stole another kiss because she was looking at me like I hung the fucking moon. And it was so much more than I deserved.

“I didn’t sleep with Zara,” I blurted out. “The guys, they thought it would be funny to leave me out there and have her help me out.”

“Help you out?”

“Yeah, you know… since I’m a virgin and all.”

“You were half-naked and covered in her lipstick.” Poppy pulled away and a cold blast of air filled the space between us.

“I was. When I told her it wasn’t going to happen, she tried… well, I guess she tried to seduce me.”

“You didn’t kiss her?”

“I didn’t kiss her back, no. I swear. She got pissed at me, untied me, and left. I didn’t know she’d used my cell to text you, Poppy, I swear.”

I should have listened all the times Cole and Ezra told me to watch my back with a girl like Zara, but I didn’t think she was manipulative enough to do something like that.

“She said she, ‘Gave you the ride of your life.’”

“Fuck.” I winced at the hurt in