The problem with Noah carter was that he kept saying things that sounded dangerously close to a confession.
And then acting like they were completely normal.
Which should have been illegal.
Lily spent most of first period staring at her notebook while pretending she wasn't replaying every conversation they'd had in the last week.
It was not going well.
Especially because now—
she knew.
Noah cared.
Actually cared.
There was no pretending otherwise anymore.
The text message had destroyed all plausible deniability.
Unfortunately—
that realization came with a new problem.
Because now Lily wanted to know something.
Something terrifying.
How much?
How much did Noah care?
Enough to worry about her?
Obviously.
Enough to text her?
Definitely.
Enough to remember everything she s
