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Peyton climbed up on a stool, using Bryan for support, and cleared her throat. “I feel like Lily should be saying a few words since it’s her night, but I know she’d kill me, so you’re stuck with me. Lily, babe, I love you. I will always love you. And I will always have your back no matter what. I am so happy you’ve found your person. And to the rest of us single happy people, here’s to surviving senior year. Salut.” Knocking her shooter back in one, Peyton wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and stuck her tongue out at the rest of us. “That was your cue to drink, fuckers.” “Is she okay?” Kaiden whispered to me.

“She will be.” I watched as Bryan lifted her off the stool, staring at her with more than lust in his eyes.

“She’s going to break his heart, isn’t she?”

“Yep.”

“He’s a big boy, he can handle it.” Kaiden spun me in his arms and placed my glass down on the counter. “Want to get out of here?” His eyes turned impossibly black.

Liquid lust swam through my veins, igniting a fir