Ivy My throat felt tight, the sound barely escaping me. “Have you… put it in?” The words cracked, trembling out of me like they were too fragile to be spoken. I was lying there, naked except for my thick black-rimmed glasses, under the weight of the boy I’d been secretly in love with for years. Jaxon. God, even his name sounded like trouble. The golden boy of campus. Hockey captain. Broad shoulders, sharp jawline, hair that always fell effortlessly into place like some commercial. He was the boy girls whispered about in locker rooms. The boy I never thought would even look at me, not when I was the nerd who hid behind thick lenses and over-washed cardigans. But now, here he was, half-dressed, trousers hanging low on his hips, the room spinning with the sour, heavy scent of alcohol clinging to his breath. His weight hovered over me, warm and too close. And here I was, completely bare, heart beating like it was about to break through my chest. This was it. The plan. My only chan
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