The kiss lingered on Alexis’s lip, she pulled back, heart racing. What was she doing? The room felt stifling now, too much all at once. She stood quickly, brushing her hands against her blue jeans, avoiding Cody’s eyes.
“I should go,” she said, her voice barely above a whisper.running her hand throug her hair,Cody didn’t say anything, just watched her with those wide, curious eyes, a flicker of something unspoken between them and a light smile on his face.
Without looking back, she left his room, Her footsteps were quick, hurried, as if she could escape the confusion of what had just happened. But as she approached her own room, she spotted someone else.
Diego was standing in front of her door.
For a second, their eyes met, and Alexis braced herself. She could sense the tension in the
