Page 2 of The Bro-code

So that’s where I went.

There were only two people who could make this better, who could comfort me.

One of them, my best friend Cole, was lifting the Frozen Four trophy after an amazing season.

The other one, my twin sister Lakyn, was being proposed to by her three hot boyfriends in front of thousands of fans and coeds.

I had waited outside after the award ceremony, Lakyn and Luca were the first ones to come out.

Now I know what you’re thinking.

My twin sister used our otherworldly twin sixth sense and immediately knew what had happened.

Yeah, not quite.

It wasn’t my proudest moment, but my reaction to everything I had been through in the past twenty-four hours was to burst into tears. Again.

After hearing what had happened and appropriately offering to get his royal secret service to make Topher disappear, Luca came to the rescue.

I guess having a crown prince as a brother-in-law-to-be has its advantages.

I told Luca and Lake that I couldn’t be on campus for one more second. Just the idea of seeing Topher before I could get my emotions under control was enough to open the floodgates all over again.

Luca had the perfect solution.

Before I knew it, I was in Luigi’s car headed to Star Cove airport where the royal private jet was waiting for me to take me to Europe.

There I boarded the Queen Isabelle, King Gilberto’s mega yacht.

So yeah, to the outsider eye, I spent my summer being waited hand and foot on a royal yacht cruising the Med Sea.

I drank my body weight in champagne, enjoyed the service of a Micheline star chef, and feasted my eyes on the muscles of the hunky deck hands and of many local hotties.

Looking at me, it’s hard to believe that my heart is broken in so many pieces, I doubt it’ll ever be whole again.

I laughed and flirted and toured the best beaches in Europe. People wondered if I was one of the royals of Montebello.

But at the end of every day, alone in the master cabin of the luxury boat, I would succumb to my tears all over again.

How could I trust someone who didn’t deserve my love and my loyalty?

How could I not see what a horrible person he was?

How could I let myself down in countless ways?

The truth is that aside from how his parents treated me last Christmas, deep down I hadn’t been happy with Topher for a long time.

My boyfriend had dropped the ball on our relationship both emotionally and physically.

But we’ll have time for more of that later.

Now the day I have been dreading since leaving Star Cove in a hurry has finally arrived.

Next week classes start and with that, all my obligations as president of Zeta Theta Beta.

It’s my senior year and I should be excited. I made college my bitch. I’m one of the most popular people on campus, I’ve been at the top of my class every year despite two very demanding majors, and my influencer career has taken off beyond my wildest dreams.

Then why does my heart sink to the bottom of my stomach when Luca’s yacht docks in Nice, France and it’s time to go home?

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