ZOE
“Oh my god, Zoe—”
I nearly jumped out of my skin, my fingers trembling over the keyboard as Ella’s voice blared through the phone. “What?” I hissed, glancing around my empty bedroom, as if she could somehow see the chaos in my head. “Are you insane? Keep it down!”
“No, no, no! You need to keep that up!” she practically squealed, her tone dropping to a hushed whisper. “Girl, you’re on fire. That scene? Pure heat. I’m still fanning myself!”
I flushed a deep crimson, my gaze darting to the document glowing mockingly on my laptop screen. s**t. I’d been too wound up to focus on anything else after everything that happened with Blake at the locker. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw his face, felt his hands on me, tasted his lips—
Stop. Just stop, Zoe. Focus.
But Ella wasn’t about to
