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Yvie smirks. “This is a Cammy-free night, remember? Besides, she’s with Daddy Dearest. We’re in the clear.”
I give my hair a final flick, and then turn to face Yvie. “Okay, shall we head out?”
Yvie snuggles in beside me and raises her phone high, snapping a selfie with me. “Okay, now we’re ready.”
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WhenYvieandIare only ten minutes into window-shopping on Main Street, Kai texts me. He says Parker asked him to drive through the mountains with him. However, when I texted Kai saying I was shopping with Yvie, Parker suggested he and Kai blow off driving.
When the boys are making their way over to us, Yvie nudges me. “Why is Kai’s friend looking at me like that?”
Why even lie about it? “Because he thinks you’re hot.”
Yvie brightens, popping her hip as she fixes her hair. “Oh, is that so?”
I laugh. “You’re shameless. Haven’t you had enough boyfriends?”
“I can’t help I’m worshipped.”
Oh, brother.
“Wow,” Kai says, stopping three-feet away from me. “Tabby, you look incredible.”
At this moment, Yvie may as well be invisible. “Thanks.”
He steps in close, snaking his arm around my waist and planting his hand on my back. “You were right. Totally worth you going home to change.”
I press a kiss against his smile. “If there’s one thing I know how to do, it’s making the most of my outfit changes.”
“I’ve gotten that memo since I saw you that night at the Chinese restaurant.”
I shiver in his embrace. “Really?”
“Umm, yeah. You were a bombshell. I hated myself for being so into you.” He kisses me, longer and deeper this time. “Now,” he says breathily, less than an inch from my mouth, “there are no regrets about falling for you.”
I cinch my arms around his neck. “I would hope not.” Over Kai’s shoulder, I witness Parker and Yvette talking. “Thanks for bringing a distraction to entertain Yvie.”
“Maybe we can ditch them,” he half-jokes.
“Speaking of ditching,” I say as we unravel from our embrace, “I didn’t expect to see you so soon.”
Kai smirks, an air of guiltiness about him as we walk hand in hand. “Jamie’s aunt kicked me out of the cafe.”
I flinch. “Like, banned you?”
He laughs, tugging on my hand to keep moving alongside him. “No. She called me a distraction and asked me to leave.”
“Oh, because you weren’t letting Jamie study?”
He shrugs as he mutters with a simply adorable grin, “Maybe.”
“Why am I asking? It’s not like I have proof that a study session with you can go nowhere.”
“Hey, we’ve made huge progress on our assignment.”
“Yeah,now. But when you want to sabotage something, you kill it.”
Kai sniggers. “Guilty.”
