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VALENTINA
My body heated as I forced my focus to the movie that was starting on the screen. Why did I think it was a good idea to sit in front of Brantley?
I didn’t think. That was why. Because Goldie and Patrick and Karissa and Xavier were sitting together, and I just slipped back into being one half of a couple. It didn’t matter that we weren’t actually together, we were there together.
I was so messed up.
I watched the movie without actually paying attention to it at all. Every time Brantley moved, I felt him. Every brush of his thigh against mine, every shift of his body, every long exhale, I felt. And all it did was warm my body even more.
As soon as the movie was over, I jumped up from my seat. Others around us were starting to move, so I didn’t look too crazy. I glanced arou
