"My whole life's been like walking on thin ice," I muttered.
"Thin ice? With a roster of exes?"
Holden clearly didn't buy it.
'None of your business!'
The faces of my classmates and the teacher shifted, all going weird.
Piper gave me a thumbs-up from across the room.
I forced a smile and kept going.
"I fell for this total jerk. He sweet-talked me, took advantage of me, turned out he was playing two girls at once."
I was getting all worked up, and everyone's expressions were a whole rainbow of awkward.
Piper's eyes went wide as dinner plates.
That jerk was obviously her brother.
Holden's handsome face went dark. The vibe became tense.
The teacher rubbed his arms and cleared his throat. "Ahem, uh, the assignment was to share your training experience, not your love life."
'Oh. Ri
