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My lips brushed against Hyp’s for the briefest moment before he pulled back.
I blinked, stunned. Once. Twice. Three times.
Wait… was all this tension just in my head?
"No!" he blurted, shaking his head like he was trying to snap himself out of a daze. "This is wrong. So, so wrong."
"Oh, I get it," I said, words tumbling out faster than I could stop them. "It’s because of Erin, right? You just broke up. I’m still all messed up from the toxin. I wasn’t thinking straight."
Except I was. I knew exactly what I wanted. And I’d wanted him for what felt like forever.
"Erin?" he asked, looking genuinely confused, like he’d forgotten she even existed. "No, it’s not that."
Oh, no. The truth hit me like a wrecking ball. He wasn’t into me. At all.
I dropped my gaze, my cheeks burning w
