CHAPTER TWELVEAfter Cole kissed me, I just… stood there.Like my brain had blue-screened.He was still close, hands falling back into his pockets, pretending like he hadn’t just scrambled myentire nervous system with one move.I blinked, opened my mouth, shut it again. Smooth. Real smooth.Finally, I croaked, “You—you kissed me.”“Yeah,” he said. Like it was the most normal thing in the world.My heart was a jackhammer. “Why?”Cole tilted his head, lips twitching. “Do you really need me to spell it out?”Yes. Absolutely yes. Because my brain was spiraling with about fifty different versions of what thismeant, and none of them felt safe.But his eyes—bright, steady, locked on me—made it hard to breathe, let alone think.I stumbled back into my room, motioning him in. He followed, closing the door behind him. Mylegs were jelly, so I sat on the bed. He dropped onto the chair by my desk, like we were just gonnaget on with algebra.The silence was thick. My hands twisted in my blanket
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