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Itwas lie. Weboth knew what she meant.

"Oh, so you didn't avoid eye contact at the concert last night, sparking gossip about a possible rift?" Izzy lifted a browand tilted her head. "What about standing at opposite ends of the room duringthe fan chat this morning?"

I shrugged while Felix said, "It wasn't planned, just happened."

True. But…there was the smallmatter ofour relationship. Izzy had no idea we'd gone from faking to real (almost) to breaking all that down to nothing again in the span of one heart-to-heart conversation.

Oh yeah, and she had no idea I was in love with Felix.

That was probably why she was confused.

"I don't know what exactly this is," she said, "but if it affects the tour, I demand to be in on it."

Felix frowned. "We're giving each other space. That's all."

"You and Aurora?"

She looked to me, and I sent her a small nod.

"With two weeks left of the tour?"

"I'm sorry if that impacts your work," I said. "WithFerora and everything."

Izzy's eyes narrowed, glancing between the two of us. "You're sorry?"

I nodded.

I waited for her to yell, get upset, be angry, something to show her disapproval. But instead, Izzy smiled so big it had to have hurt her cheeks.

"This," she said, "is amazing!"

Felix and I exchanged a surprised look.

"So, you're basically shunning each other."

"That's a little strong," I replied.

Felix frowned."What kind of word is shun?"

Elliot lifted his eyes from the book he was reading long enough to say, "It's mostlya religious term. Everyone from the Catholics to the Amish shun certain people they deem as undesirable."

Santino grinned. "Sounds like you swallowed the dictionary," he said.

"He's the human form of Google,"Hayden added. "We're lucky to have him."

Elliot rolled his eyes and went back to reading.

"Be honest," Izzysaid. "Have you been snooping in my phone?"

"Um no," I said.

"Felix, what about you?"

He scoffed. "Izzy,that'sridiculous. Why are you accusing us?"

She waved her hands in front her and laughed. "Oh, I'm not. I'm just so freaking happy we're on the same page."

"About what?" I said slowly.

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