Page 69 of Broken Ties (Rixon High 4)

He was gone.

“Oh my God,” Staci and her friends all snickered.

“Come on, Staci. She’s practically my sister.” Aaron shot me an apologetic look but it didn’t penetrate the blood roaring between my ears.

His sister.

Sister.

Sister.

The word echoed through my skull as my heart plummeted into my toes.

I wanted the ground to open up and swallow me whole.

“Okay, my turn,” Staci announced with smug satisfaction as Aaron sat back down and I stood there, stunned.

He could have kissed me.

Aaron had a legitimate reason to kiss me…

And he chose not to.

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