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I close my eyes, full and content. “Thank you for the soup. It was delicious.”

“You’re welcome. How are you feeling?”

I know he’s asking about my fake illness, but I can’t help but think of how unsure I was after hearing Jera insist that Dustin was acting nice to get something from me. But now, as I snuggle into Dustin, I’m pretty sure Jera is mistaken. Dustin can’t be fooling me. He’s too genuine.

“Much better,” I say as I wrap my arms around him.

He kisses the top of my head. “Good.”

CHAPTER20

My phone makes a noise, and in the haze of sleep I move my hand to answer it. But instead of reaching my phone, my hand meets solid chest muscle. What the…

I open one eye and realize Dustin and I fell asleep on the couch, and now we’re intertwined like a pretzel. My heart beats loudly in my ears as I assess the situation, and how much trouble I’m in. We fell asleep on the couch, and now it’s morning. Jera will kill me. But really, nothing happened. Jera doesn’t need to know, right?

I attempt to move without touching him, but I’m pretty much lying on top of him so it’s impossible. Gah. Embarrassment heats my face as I slowly ease myself off him, trying not to disturb him. Unfortunately, that doesn’t work and he opens his eyes. “What are you doing?”

“I’m trying to get off you without waking you up.”

He leans his head back on the throw pillow and closes his eyes. “How’s that going?”

“Not too well.” I manage to climb off Dustin as my phone chimes again. I toss the afghan on him and grab my phone.

He snuggles into the couch, covering himself with the blanket. “Tell whoever it is it’s too early to text, then come back to me.”

My heart melts. Dustin wants to snuggle with me. This makes me extremely happy. I walk into the library and shut the door so my texting doesn’t bother Dustin. I click to see what Jera sent.

Mackenzie, I’m so sorry, but something important has come up and I need to ask you for another major favor.

Her second text is more frantic.

Are you awake? Text me ASAP!

I text back.

I’m awake now. What is it?

I wait for her to explain, my mind going about a million different places. Not another party. Please, anything but that. She calls. I swipe to answer, and try to keep my voice casual, and low in case Dustin can hear me. “Hey, what’s up?”

“Mackenzie! How are you?”

Oh, no. This is bad. I can tell by her voice. I walk to the bookshelf. “I’m fine. What do you need?”

“I’m so sorry, but I need you to do one more thing for me. It’s not a big deal, really just a formality.”

My stomach clenches. “What is it?”

“All you have to do is go to a studio. I’ll text you the address.”

I stare at the shelf of books in front of me. They look expensive. “That’s all?”

“Yep! That’s it! Simple, right?”

Her voice is too perky. I don’t trust her. I run my finger along her shelf. “What do I have to do there?”

“You just walk in and read a couple of lines.”

“Read a couple of lines? Jera, that sounds like an audition!” I whisper shout. No way am I doing an audition for her. I can’t act. I’ve never even been in a school play.

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