His Dirty Little Secret
“Then stop hiding. Own it. You deserve happiness, Cass—even if it’s messy. And hey, if it all blows up, you’ve got me. Couch surfing, ice cream binges, the works.”
Emotion thickened my throat. “You’re the best.”
The rest of the afternoon passed more smoothly, the apology scene buoying me through classes. In lit seminar, I even contributed to a discussion on forbidden love in classic novels, drawing parallels that felt too on-the-nose, earning nods from the professor. Maya’s running commentary via texts kept me grounded: “Our lives = Romeo & Juliet, but with better cars and no poison.” I laughed under my breath, forgetting—briefly—how precarious everything was.
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