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22 OceanofPDF.com T VALENTINA hings changed after Valentine's. Kane never verbally defined where we stood, but everything about his demeanor around me changed. We became a couple. Friends. More. I woke each morning excited to start my day and fell asleep each night smiling at the memory of his touch. The only thing that interrupted my contentment was a sliver of confusion that wedged its way between us. We texted, and Kane made sure everyone at school knew I was his, but we didn’t hang out alone, and he never asked me on a date. For each of the past two weekends, he’d had excuses that kept him away—they were valid but still frustrating. The one time we did anything outside of school, we included Reyna, just as he’d promised. I appreciated him thinking of her, but in two weeks, we hadn’t sp
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