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This gets my attention. “What was the game?”
“It doesn’t matter,” he brushes it off. “I won and I looked at?—”
“My list?”
“No—”
“Kat’s?”
“I looked at?—”
“Oh! Hina’s list. You probably saw some illicit taboo stuff. She talks a lot about?—”
“I sawDean’s.” His face is red like he ran a marathon. “You really need to let me finish.”
My mouth opens like a fish. “You saw… Deans? Wha—why?”
“For you,” he naturally spills. “I was hoping there was something in there that would give you the ick.”
“And?” I’m bustling with the information. I’ve been wanting to know since the first day. Maybe sitting on the couch with a woman, watching a romantic movie—one we should have been watching together—is on his must-do experiences.
“There was only one item on his list,” Rhys stares me down when he finishes the sentence. “You.”
My heart takes a tumble. It creates a domino effect all the way to the soles of feet. “That can’t be right,” I breathlessly say.
That would mean this whole time, being here, all of this…
No.
My eyes widens, Rhys nods in agreement.
But I shake my head.
Dean would have told me. The whole time we’ve been together, he’s confessed. Told me he liked me at the lake.It happened on the show. When he came here and saw me outside of our normal lives, that’s when he started catching feelings.
…Right?
The more I think about it, the less certain I become.
CHAPTER 27
You know that feeling when the world around you becomes muffled?
Someone tries talking to you, but their lips move in slow motion. You’re living, breathing, acting in your usual ways but you can’t take in what you’re doing?
That’s what it feels like.
My phone buzzes.
I see the message.
Hina says something to me I don’t know.
We go upstairs.
It’s only when the door shuts behind her that I’m snapped back to reality.
“I’ve never heard of a masquerade bar party.” She’s already taking apart every fit in her closet. “Masquerade ball, yes. But how does this work at a club?”
