INICIAR SESIÓNSummer's Pov
The mansion is quiet when I get back.No staff bustling around, no sounds of conversation, nothing. Just silence that echoes off the high ceilings and makes me feel small in all this space.I head straight to my room and close the door behind me, leaning against it for a moment like I can physically block out everything that happened today. Crew's hands on my shoulders. His threat about the tutoring. That word—sis—dripping with mockery in front ofSummer's PovEveryone had cleared out.Marcus, Jason, the two girls whose names I never fully caught, the random guy nobody claimed to have invited -- all gone. The house was quiet again except for the sound of Crew and Gray moving around putting things back in order, and Ruby, who was still asleep in my room doing what Ruby did best.I was on the couch with my phone, scrolling through nothing in particular, letting my brain rest.Then I saw it.Susan's profile. A selfie. Her and Tyler, both smiling, Tyler's arm around her shoulders, the kind of photo that looked effortless because someone put effort into making it look that way.The caption said: *officially his.*I was not following Susan. The algorithm had simply decided that this was something I needed to see this morning. I stared at it for a moment, then kept scrolling like I had not stopped at all.So it was official now. They had gone on their little date and he had asked her out and she had said yes and now it was on the inte
Tyler's PovSusan took forever to get ready.I sat on the edge of the bed watching her move between her bag and the mirror, trying different earrings, changing her mind, going back to the first ones. I was not complaining. I was nervous enough for both of us and the extra time was doing me a favor.When she finally turned around she looked genuinely lovely. Simple dress, hair down, the kind of effortless that actually took effort."You look beautiful," I said.She tilted her head. "Hmm. Acting all sweet this morning.""I'm always sweet. You know that.""I do know that." She stood on her toes and pecked me quickly, then pulled back and picked up her bag. "Okay. I'm ready. Let's go before I change my mind about these earrings."We headed out.****Downstairs was still carrying the evidence of last night. Cups on the wrong surfaces, cushions displaced, the general aftermath of people who had stopped caring about tidiness around the third hour of a party. Gray was already moving through i
Tyler's PovI was still half-asleep, tangled in the sheets, when the knock came.Susan was already up and moving toward the door before I could properly sit up. I knew who it was the second I heard the soft rhythm of the knock. Summer.The guilt hit me square in the chest, fast and heavy. Because there was Susan in that thin nightgown that barely reached her thighs, and there was me, clearly just waking up beside her. No way Summer missed what had happened in this room last night.It *had* been a wild night. The kind I didn’t usually let myself have. I’d enjoyed every second of it—Susan’s laugh, her hands, the way she made everything feel simple. But underneath that warmth sat something I kept shoving aside, something I’d gotten scarily good at ignoring.I’d told myself it was fine. Summer had Crew. Maybe Gray too, from the way things looked lately. And me? I was her best friend. Practically a brother in her eyes. There was no path there, even if part of me sometimes wondered.Susan o
Summer's PovI stepped out onto the balcony and just stood there breathing.The morning air was cool and everything outside looked completely normal, like the world had not noticed that I had completely lost my mind the night before. Birds. Quiet street. Normal sky.I was glad it was the weekend. That was the one thing I could be genuinely grateful for right now because if I had to sit in a classroom today and look like a person who had her thoughts in order, I would have failed spectacularly.I checked my phone.Nothing from Tyler that morning. Which meant he was probably still asleep, or with Susan, or both. I was not going to think about which one.I opened my contacts and called my mom.It rang once and then the screen shifted to a video call. She had switched it herself before I could say anything."Summer! Hi, how are you?" She looked tanned and relaxed and annoyingly happy."Mom." I leaned against the railing. "I feel like I don't even exist to you anymore. You left me here wit
Crew’s PovI watched Summer dash out of the room like the building was on fire.The door clicked shut and then it was just me and Gray standing there in the quiet, and the air was doing something I did not have a word for. Not uncomfortable exactly. Just heavy with everything that was sitting in it.My head was still pounding. I pressed two fingers against my temple and waited for it to dull down to something manageable.Gray was standing on the other side of the room, not looking at me, picking up his shirt from the floor."We don't have to talk about it," he said."Yeah," I said. "We don't.""I'll grab my stuff and go to my room.""Yeah. Sure."He moved around the room collecting things, easy and unbothered, like he had already processed everything and filed it away somewhere orderly. That was Gray. That had always been Gray. While I was still standing in the middle of my own room trying to figure out which direction was forward, he was already done with the part where you figure th
Summer’s PovMy eyes fluttered open to a loud bang on the door. The sound hit like a hammer straight to my skull. Oh my God. The headache was brutal, pounding behind my eyes like someone was trying to split my head open. I groaned softly, pressing a hand to my forehead as if that could stop the world from spinning. I had drunk way too much last night. Like, dangerously too much.I tried to sit up, but the movement made everything worse. Memories started trickling in—slow at first, then crashing over me all at once. The party. The drinks. Kissing Crew. Kissing Gray. Both of them. My hands on them. Their mouths on me. The way I’d begged for it. Heat flooded my face as the full picture sharpened in my mind.I turned my head and froze.Crew and Gray were lying on either side of me, shirtless, wearing only their boxers. Their bodies were warm against mine under the sheets. Crew’s arm was draped loosely over my waist, and Gray’s leg brushed against mine. They looked so peaceful, breathing s







