He didn’t deny it.
And that was the most terrifying part.
If Kyle was watching Kross this closely… he’d seen more than he should have. And if he dug even a little deeper, followed that curiosity just a step further—
He’d find me.
Not Vaughn. Vanya.
If he found out who I really was, what I was doing here, what I was hiding—it’d be over. Not just for me, but for everything I’d been fighting for.
No. I had to stop him.
Before his curiosity became my downfall.
“How can I not know?” Kyle scoffed, arms crossed as he leaned in. “When he’s openly hanging out with her in the public library, of all places?”
His tone made it sound like I was the i***t here—like I was the one who’d slipped. My stomach twisted.
I cursed under my breath.
He saw us?
Reckless. Stupid. Impulsive. What the hell
