Page 33 of Scarlett and the Kiss Thief

RJ laughed.

“I’m going to kill you,” I said.

He laughed again. “Come on, let’s get going, baby doll.”

I glared at him.

“Really, Scar, it’s fine,” Liam said. “I was talking to Briggs and Porter while you were escaping. They didn’t see a thing. And no one except the four of us knows about the hole.”

“And it looks like you’re sleeping peacefully in your bed.” RJ showed me his phone where there was a live feed to my room instead of my parents’ now.

It did look like I was there sleeping. “Wait, how long have you been hacked into the cameras?”

“A while.”

“Did you watch me change, you little pervert?”

RJ laughed. “No, because I’m not a pervert.”

“Yes you are.” I tried to grab his phone but he held it out of my reach.

Seriously, when did Liam and RJ get so tall?

“I’ll ex out of it,” RJ said. “Look.” He did something with his hands in the air and then showed me the blank screen. “See. Done.”

“Pervert.”

He laughed. “You know you love me. Now shall we?” He gestured to the door.

Above the door in a bright pink scrawl were the words: Single Girl Rule #1: Boys are replaceable. Friends are forever.

I had never heard of Single Girl Rules before. Only girl code. But I assumed it was something like that based on the rule. And even though Liam and RJ were boys and everyone in this room was related to me, they were my closest friends. And maybe just maybe I’d been a little harsh with them.

“I’m sorry I was freaking out, guys,” I said. “I just didn’t expect to fall through the ceiling tonight. But thank you. For helping me break out.”

“No problem,” Sophie said and handed me the pair of black heels she’d promised to bring me. I just hoped they were hers and didn’t belong to the woman who lived here. I slipped them on. “Seriously, I appreciate it.”

RJ saluted me and Liam just shrugged.

“But we will fix that, right?” I said and pointed to the ceiling.

“Yup,” RJ said. “You have my word.”

As annoying as he sometimes was, he never broke his word. “Okay, I guess we have a party to go to.”

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