I was still sitting across from Kai Villareal, trying to decide if he was trouble wrapped in a perfect smile, when the lounge door swung open. Yannie stepped in, practically buzzing with energy.
“Liza!” she squealed, her voice a little too loud for my liking. “You won’t believe this—I just found out there’s a new student. And get this—he’s handsome.”
My eyes widened.
I snapped my head toward her and shot her a sharp look—the kind of look that screamed shut up right now.
But of course, Yannie being Yannie, she was too caught up in her own excitement to notice. Her grin stretched from ear to ear, her voice carrying across the quiet lounge like she was announcing it to the whole school.
“Apparently, he’s rich too,” she continued, her hands gesturing dramatically. “I don’t know all the de
