ould touch, Nero and Blaise

, with the King mansion being one of the most ex

own big house and now for some reason, they’d invited me to go there. The twins had quite a reputation for being party hosts. One of them was appa

at he meant, the door jingled once more. We were

As a thank you for working part-time with me this summer. Milly’s coming back soon fro

my hair and I bat

eed to stop by home to put so

out of his store and he made sure e

iveway, he blew me a silly kiss face. He call

es and waved g

t lights over the exterior of the almond and cream-colored house. On the out

ir. The door opened and a girl wearing a blac

must be Sunflower. C

red hair was wavy, unlike my straight blond hair. I watched the way

ople. I was surprised that there weren’t many people around,

everyone

usually invite people over early.” She

the party starts

starts later. Take a seat anywhere. We have free-flow drinks, jus

to figure out if she was being nice or not

rents’ living room. It was clean and neat, with a lo

towards the direction of the noise. There w

te collared long-sleeved shirt and skinny black trousers. Nero was decked out in what looked like a navy suit complete with a swa

laise’s eyes raked

…” he beg

he dress code was formal, otherwise, I def

ct, you’re beautiful,”

ending for a moment. I looked down at mys

Blaise replied, a sweet

e. What wa

back, feeling my hear

ound us. I glanced up at Blaise and then I opened my mouth. It

a question, B

ise said, running a

ike my brother’s store was the last place you wanted to be in, so why would

bvious?” Bl

t’s obviou

ard to me, and I stepped back, almost kn

d, trying to be subtle but the side cough turned into a real one. The corners of Bl

got an idea, how about we play a

and I found out quite a lot about the dynamic between Mads and her two cousins in between playing. Mads was actually called Mat

senior year at Rose Academy. The twins adored their cousin, I co

ball! God, what a night,” Mads wiped

to ask Nero something,

t a party? Do you always wear

s his trademark p

gged and

e when the alarm on

. Last round of question

ble, the bottle swerved until it

n or dare?” M

apprehension, the emoti

are you to walk up to Sunflower and

sign of emotion but Nero’s

” I stood up and I began to say I needed to g

two strides

ft touch and he leaned into me, pressing

his mouth was insistent. He pulled me cl

from the attraction. But it had been a long day, and my brother pulled

g today, and I also neede

away, a quick

as if I had an

I could barely hear Mads’ faint cheering because of the blood

, go. I can’t stay too long,

f them, feeling the high crash

g so soon! At least let me

l you a cab

me, and all I could think

ing warmer. As I headed out of their home, I walked past a black sedan with tinted windows parked across the street

power, and I was sure that sooner or l