Avery's povI turned and the entire party narrowed to one face.The same sharp jaw, same dark, unreadable eyes, same guy that had pulled me out of cold water hours ago and I had somehow humiliated instead of actually being grateful.My gaze snapped to the giant poster on the wall, then back to him.Oh.Oh, you have got to be kidding me.The recognition crashed on me strongly. The man from the pool was Luca Kingston. The literal face of the team Ethan had just joined. And I had just pointed at his poster and claimed him as my boyfriend in front of half the campus.I wanted the floor to open, I wanted a sinkhole, a trapdoor, a sudden blackout—anything that would swallow me whole before he opened his mouth and exposed the most ridiculous lie I had ever told in my life.Congratulations, Avery. You’ve officially peaked at public humiliation.He started walking toward me, slowly, every step measured like he was in a movie and there was a special theme song playing in the background. The cr
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