Barci Debby
“If you’re going to kiss me, sweetheart, at least make it convincing.”
I should have pushed him away. I should have stepped back after that. Instead, I pulled him closer and kissed him even harder.
My boyfriend of two years had just cheated on me with my best friend, and with half the school watching, I needed a distraction, something that would make it clear I was not the one who had lost.
So I grabbed the first guy I saw and kissed him. Unfortunately, that guy was Kyle West, the school’s star athlete and resident bad boy, the one guy every girl wanted and every teacher feared, and apparently the worst person I could have chosen.
Because the second my lips touched his, something changed. Kyle didn’t pull away. Instead, he kissed me back.
For three years, I’ve kept my head down, stayed at the top of my class, worked late nights at a bar, and sacrificed everything to keep my family together.
Kyle lives by completely different rules. He collects trophies, breaks hearts like they mean nothing, and walks through school like he owns every hallway.
Yet somehow, the boy I kissed to make my ex jealous is making it impossible to remember why I ever wanted to let him go. One reckless kiss was supposed to be my revenge. Now Kyle wants to turn it into something real, and the more I try to convince myself that he is only playing another game, the harder it becomes to stay away.
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