Page 97 of Definitely Not Him

“You’re a two-faced, cunt bitch.” She moved past me, brushing my shoulder on her way down the hall.

I waited until I couldn’t hear the sound of her heels clacking against the floor anymore before freshening up in the bathroom and returning to the party.

For the rest of the night, I watched Tyler speak to as many people as he could, and now and then he’d mouth “Round two?” and I’d blush and pretend I didn’t understand.

* * *

The following morning,my phone buzzed repeatedly as I stepped through the doors of Rogue Publishing. Briefly shutting my eyes, I braced myself for a never-ending list of petty requests from Hazel.

I waited until there was a pause in vibrations before looking at it.

Kristin:Whatever you do, DO NOT get online today. No social media, no email, NOTHING.

Madison: Please. Just come straight to my shop.

Kristin: Are you there? Are you seeing this?

Madison: Do we need to come get you? Answer us, Chloe!

Confused,I opened my inbox and immediately regretted it.

Oh, God.

No, no, no….

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