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“I’m not sure that’s an answer, but I’ll take it.” “I’m going to ask you right now to please be patient with me. I’ll probably be a little weird if I see you on campus. I don’t mean to be, and I don’t want you to take it the wrong way, but I need to come to terms with breaking the rules. I’m not a rulebreaker.” “Breaking the rules is half the fun of life,” I told her. She groaned. “Not for me. I’ve always followed the rules. Life has taught me I don’t want to be on the bad side. I like being good and never worrying about anyone suspecting me of being bad or shady.”

Ella chimes in. “What the fuck ever.” I say, dismissing them both as I go back to admire Jacks grace. After scrolling through countless photos and videos of Jack, my thoughts become interrupted by by the sound of Ella’s voice. “Helloooo??? Earth to Kat!” She says, breaking me out of my lustful trance. “Dear God Kat! Is this all you did all summer? Sit here and stalk this poor guy?” Aubrey questions, looking at me as if I were dense. “And so what if I did? It’s not like there was anything better to do while I was locked up in Cleveland!” I say, defending my action.

this was the plan all along. And Steven? The guy who swore he'd love her forever? Where did he fit into that lie? Her chest ached. She and Steven had been inseparable since they were kids. Everyone said they were endgame. At eight, she fell out of a tree. He jumped under her, broke his arm, and still grinned through the pain. At twelve, she got her first period and ruined her skirt. He noticed and panicked, though he had long known what this was all about.

Chapter 7: The Breaking Point The weekend dragged like a shadow, each hour heavy with the weight of Mom's overheard confession. I avoided her eyes over breakfast, picking at toast while she chattered about her shift schedule, her voice too bright, too normal. The apartment felt smaller, the walls pressing in with unspoken accusations. Richard's infidelity ploy, her resentment toward Marcus—it all looped in my mind, twisting the narrative I'd clung to. Was she the villain now, her warnings a shield for her own shattered dreams? Or was I grasping at straws to justify the pull toward Marcus, the forbidden ache that had only grown since the HR storm?

CHAPTER 9 THE RULE I BROKE FIRST ROWAN I used to think rules were simple things to follow. I used to think rules were just simply lines you didn't cross, promises you kept, and damages you avoided. It was all so simple in my head. Until Isla North walked into the rink with her sketchbook tucked against her chest and her eyes fixed anywhere but on us. And the rule stopped being logical. The simple full that passed between us teammates of the college hockey team. “Don’t fall in love with the captain’s sister.”

"The smart watch is going to break before the agreement period is even up." "Theo may think he got a new smart watch, but he just got himself a smart pager instead. Poor little thing." … Time passed after that, and soon, it was Theo's summer break. I was just discussing the company's development plans with Austin for the next five years when I suddenly caught sight of the comments once again becoming active. "Damn! I've been paying so much attention to the villains' daily life that I forget we're almost at a crucial point in the main plot!"

That's when we made the three rules. Rule One: Always come when the other calls, no matter what. Rule Two: Always tell the truth and never keep secrets. Rule Three: Never fall in love with each other and never confess such. We were eight years old and we thought we were so smart making rules that would keep our friendship safe forever. But the thing is no rule can protect you from the inevitable so I ended up breaking two of them.