LOGIN“Oh no, we didn’t know,” Olivia says. “Sorry about that!”“N-No, it’s okay!” I rush to explain. “My friend called me earlier,” I glance at Lua before flicking back to Chloe. “The plan was sort of, uh, rescheduled for later.”“Okay, then. Why don’t you invite your cousins to sit with us?” Claire glan
Tabitha’s POVMaverick says little throughout the conversation. When our food arrives, he focuses on his double cheeseburger with the concentration of someone who hasn't eaten in days. Come to think of it, whenever I see him at school, he’s either always sleeping or eating.Olivia steals one of Dani
Tabitha’s POVAn hour later, I’m following Daniel’s directions to a sports restaurant called The Buzzer. Apparently, the place has a full arcade section, several large screens for live sports, and enough food to feed a small army. And it’s also a pretty good restaurant—according to Yelp. No wonder D
Tabitha’s POVDaniel jumps and fist bumps the air as soon as we exit the room."That's an ace, baby!" he trumpets.Claire and Olivia giggle, jumping in joy.“We passed!”Daniel lets out a loud breath. "Damn right. Oh, fuck. For a moment I really thought we were gonna get grilled out there.""Good jo
Tabitha’s POV"Are you guys ready?"Daniel looks around the table warily.“Daniel, you already asked us the same question like twenty times already,” Chloe says. “What do you want us to do?”“Well, I’m nervous, okay?” Daniel says. “Fuck, we’re not going to make a mess of ourselves, are we?”“I know
The little menace immediately digs into his bowl.The dirty kitten the brothers found in the car has come a long way.After a few days at the vet, we finally got him home. He was severely underweight and had several illnesses that needed treatment.We also learned that the fluffy cotton ball hiding
“Oh my god…” my voice crack. I just want to curl in the corner and cry.What am I going to do?The wedding is an hour away. How am I supposed to show up with a trashed dress?I spend the next minutes trying to desperately remove the stain from the dress using water and soap. But even that can’t do t
Tabitha’s POVThe wind slaps against my hoodie as Reed cuts through the quiet highway, the motorcycle’s engine rumbling beneath us. The farther we ride from the Aldair estate, the darker everything becomes, the streetlights thinning until there's nothing around us but open road and moonlit trees.Th
Tabitha’s POVI scoot closer to Mom and whisper, “How did you even convince all four of them to come?”Mom beams at me. She looks triumphant, as if bringing her four stepsons to this appointment is a personal victory—maybe it is for her, but for me… this is a disaster waiting to happen. Coming with
Once I finish my stretches, he tosses a pair of boxing gloves at my chest. I catch them clumsily.He’s already climbing back into the ring. “Put those on,” he says, then gestures for me to join him.I glance at the gloves and then back to him, dumbfounded. “W-What do you want me to do?” I stare up a







