My Curves Stole His Best Friend Dailymotion | Leaving the toxic ex behind 💔─影片 Dailymotion

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00:00:04We were f-

00:00:05When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.

00:00:09Get those taken down, looking at them makes me sick.

00:00:12That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.

00:00:14Don't listen to him.

00:00:15My name's Jimmy.

00:00:16I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend, Muster's wide receiver.

00:00:19That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.

00:00:23Why not just break up with him?

00:00:24Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.

00:00:27To my face he said,

00:00:28My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.

00:00:30Here's $100,000.

00:00:31Just book the surgery.

00:00:32Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.

00:00:36So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse,

00:00:39I decided the best revenge was to beat him to the cheating.

00:00:43Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.

00:00:47Bio, under 10k followers, looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.

00:00:5230 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.

00:00:55My inbox blew up. Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.

00:00:59One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.

00:01:01But one message stood out.

00:01:02Aren't you already taken?

00:01:04How does this guy know I'm not single?

00:01:06I opened his profile.

00:01:08Same city as me.

00:01:09Pitch black avatar.

00:01:10Zero posts.

00:01:11His bio was one line.

00:01:13Patience pays off.

00:01:15It rattled me.

00:01:16This person definitely knows me.

00:01:18God, please don't let it be Wyatt.

00:01:21That would blow up my whole plan.

00:01:23I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.

00:01:27Okay, definitely not Wyatt.

00:01:29But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.

00:01:32So who?

00:01:33I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.

00:01:36Scrolling up, I found it.

00:01:38He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.

00:01:41Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.

00:01:44This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.

00:01:46Was he into me?

00:01:50Who is this?

00:01:51Somebody I know?

00:01:52The chat went quiet for a full ten minutes.

00:01:54I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.

00:01:58A silent tell of his hesitation.

00:02:02What do you mean?

00:02:04You want me to be your boyfriend?

00:02:05Don't kid around about this.

00:02:07Wyatt's my friend.

00:02:07I'm not doing that to him.

00:02:09Then forget I said anything.

00:02:11Bye.

00:02:12I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.

00:02:16Men are all cut from the same cloth.

00:02:18They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.

00:02:23I slept great.

00:02:25Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like a cat.

00:02:32Then I picked up my phone.

00:02:34Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.

00:02:38He was a wreck.

00:02:44What does bi mean?

00:02:45Say what you mean.

00:02:47When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?

00:02:50I thought about it all night.

00:02:51I'm not saying no.

00:02:53Wyatt's my brother, but I'm nobody's side piece.

00:02:55You have to make this official.

00:02:56Are you there?

00:02:56It's late.

00:02:57Get some sleep.

00:02:58Good night.

00:02:59What do you mean?

00:02:59Forget it.

00:03:00Pretend I didn't say it.

00:03:01Just tell me straight.

00:03:02When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious or were you just trying to get to him?

00:03:05I thought about it.

00:03:07It's not that we can't, but I'm not doing the secret thing.

00:03:09We're going to be together for real, the official kind.

00:03:13Why aren't you answering?

00:03:14Asleep?

00:03:15Or talking to some other guy?

00:03:16Fine.

00:03:17The secret thing is fine.

00:03:18I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.

00:03:23All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.

00:03:25I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.

00:03:28Good morning.

00:03:29Below it, a picture.

00:03:31It was a naked picture of him.

00:03:34I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.

00:03:37It was shot in the locker room.

00:03:38Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his elbow.

00:03:41I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright red,

00:03:45that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.

00:03:47Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.

00:03:50June, get down here.

00:03:51Who sent you these flowers?

00:03:52I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.

00:03:56A hundred at least.

00:03:57Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.

00:03:58I walked over slowly.

00:04:00Tanky, I thought.

00:04:00So tanky.

00:04:01A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.

00:04:05The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.

00:04:08An old necklace.

00:04:10Silver, covered in fine scratches, and inside, a tiny engraving, JW, 614.

00:04:14It was my 16th birthday present from my father.

00:04:17After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.

00:04:21An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.

00:04:24I counted the money and refused to cry.

00:04:26Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.

00:04:29I got the necklace.

00:04:30Send me your bank info.

00:04:32I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.

00:04:34I don't want money.

00:04:35I want you.

00:05:04I expected him to refuse the money.

00:05:06I had anywhere to wear it.

00:05:07I got to the Sinclair's lake house.

00:05:08When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.

00:05:12Wyatt was mid-toast.

00:05:13He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.

00:05:15He set the glass down, crossed the room in three strikes, and pulled me into the corner

00:05:19by the stairs.

00:05:20What are you wearing?

00:05:20I told you to wear sportswear.

00:05:22I didn't answer him.

00:05:23I looked past his shoulder into the house, warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then

00:05:27out of nowhere, I fell into a pair of eyes.

00:05:29Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.

00:05:31Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.

00:05:35Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.

00:05:37I don't know how long.

00:05:38My feet were nailed to the floor, and my heart got louder with every beat.

00:05:40He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.

00:05:43His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets

00:05:46past.

00:05:47Was it him?

00:05:50One second of thinking, and I was sure it wasn't.

00:05:53He's cold.

00:05:54Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.

00:05:56Three years I've known him, and his mood is a poured concrete wall.

00:06:00He doesn't care about anything.

00:06:01He can get through a whole party without a word.

00:06:04I say hi, and the best I get is a nod.

00:06:06On a good day, a hey.

00:06:07Every extra word looks like it costs him money.

00:06:09I'd always figured he hated me.

00:06:11June, are you hearing me?

00:06:14I snapped back.

00:06:15He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.

00:06:18Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.

00:06:21Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right.

00:06:24Lights off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.

00:06:29I threw a basin of cold water on him.

00:06:32He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.

00:06:46We were f-

00:06:47When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.

00:06:51Get those taken down.

00:06:52Looking at them makes me sick.

00:06:54That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.

00:06:56Don't listen to him.

00:06:57My name's June.

00:06:58I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend, Mustard's wide receiver.

00:07:01That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.

00:07:05Why not just break up with him?

00:07:06Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.

00:07:09To my face, he said,

00:07:10My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.

00:07:12Here's a hundred grand.

00:07:13Just book the surgery.

00:07:14Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.

00:07:18So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse, I decided the best

00:07:23revenge was to beat him to the cheating.

00:07:25Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever

00:07:29seen.

00:07:29Bio, under 10k followers.

00:07:31Looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.

00:07:3430 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.

00:07:37My inbox blew up.

00:07:39Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.

00:07:41One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.

00:07:43But one message stood out.

00:07:44Aren't you already taken?

00:07:46How does this guy know I'm not single?

00:07:49I opened his profile.

00:07:50Same city as me.

00:07:51Pitch black avatar.

00:07:52Zero posts.

00:07:53His bio was one line.

00:07:55Patience pays off.

00:07:57It rattled me.

00:07:58This person definitely knows me.

00:08:00God, please don't let it be Wyatt.

00:08:03That would blow up my whole plan.

00:08:05I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.

00:08:09Okay, definitely not Wyatt.

00:08:11But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.

00:08:14So who?

00:08:15I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.

00:08:19Scrolling up, I found it.

00:08:20He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.

00:08:23Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.

00:08:26This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.

00:08:28Was he into me?

00:08:32Who is this?

00:08:33Somebody I know?

00:08:34The chat went quiet for a full 10 minutes.

00:08:36I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.

00:08:40A silent tell of his hesitation.

00:08:44What do you mean?

00:08:46You want me to be your boyfriend?

00:08:47Don't kid around about this.

00:08:49Wyatt's my friend.

00:08:50I'm not doing that to him.

00:08:51Then forget I said anything.

00:08:53Bye.

00:08:54I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.

00:08:58Men are all cut from the same cloth.

00:09:00They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.

00:09:05I slept great.

00:09:07Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like

00:09:13a cat.

00:09:14Then I picked up my phone.

00:09:16Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.

00:09:20He was a wreck.

00:09:26What does bi mean?

00:09:27Say what you mean.

00:09:29When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?

00:09:32I thought about it all night.

00:09:33I'm not saying no.

00:09:35Wyatt's my brother, but I'm nobody's side piece.

00:09:37You have to make this official.

00:09:38Are you there?

00:09:38It's late.

00:09:39Get some sleep.

00:09:40Good night.

00:09:41What do you mean?

00:09:41Forget it.

00:09:42Pretend I didn't say it.

00:09:43Just tell me straight.

00:09:44When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious, or were you just trying to get

00:09:47to him?

00:09:48I thought about it.

00:09:49It's not that we can't, but I'm not doing the secret thing.

00:09:52We're going to be together for real, the official kind.

00:09:55Why aren't you answering?

00:09:56Asleep?

00:09:57Or talking to some other guy?

00:09:58Fine.

00:09:59The secret thing is fine.

00:10:00I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.

00:10:05All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.

00:10:07I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.

00:10:10Good morning.

00:10:11Below it, a picture.

00:10:13It was a naked picture of him.

00:10:16I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.

00:10:19It was shot in the locker room.

00:10:20Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his

00:10:23elbow.

00:10:24I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright

00:10:27red, that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.

00:10:29Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.

00:10:32June, get down here.

00:10:33Who sent you these flowers?

00:10:35I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.

00:10:38A hundred at least.

00:10:39Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.

00:10:41I walked over slowly.

00:10:42Tanky, I thought.

00:10:43So tanky.

00:10:44A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.

00:10:48The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.

00:10:50An old necklace, silver, covered in fine scratches and inside a tiny engraving, JW614.

00:10:57It was my 16th birthday present from my father.

00:11:00After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.

00:11:03An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.

00:11:07I counted the money and refused to cry.

00:11:09Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.

00:11:11I got the necklace.

00:11:13Send me your bank info.

00:11:14I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.

00:11:16I don't want money.

00:11:17I want you.

00:11:19I expected him to refuse the money.

00:11:21I didn't expect him to say it like that.

00:11:23No hesitation at all.

00:11:24Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.

00:11:27I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.

00:11:30I never got a second sentence out.

00:11:32The phone rang.

00:11:33Wyatt.

00:11:34Late party at the Sinclairs tonight, 7.

00:11:36Wear a sports bra.

00:11:37Don't show so much.

00:11:39It looks smaller that way better.

00:11:41Okay.

00:11:41I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging there

00:11:45for a year.

00:11:46I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.

00:11:49I got to the Sinclairs' lake house.

00:11:51When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.

00:11:54Wyatt was mid-toast.

00:11:55He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.

00:11:58He set the glass down, crossed the room in three stripes, and pulled me into the corner

00:12:01by the stairs.

00:12:02What are you wearing?

00:12:03I told you to wear a sports bra.

00:12:04I didn't answer him.

00:12:05I looked past his shoulder into the house.

00:12:07Warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then out of nowhere I fell into a pair of eyes.

00:12:11Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.

00:12:13Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.

00:12:17Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.

00:12:19I don't know how long.

00:12:20My feet were nailed to the floor and my heart got louder with every beat.

00:12:22He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.

00:12:25His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets past.

00:12:29Was it him?

00:12:32One second of thinking, and I was sure it wasn't.

00:12:35He's cold.

00:12:36Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.

00:12:38Three years I've known him, and his mood is a poured concrete wall.

00:12:42He doesn't care about anything.

00:12:43He can get through a whole party without a word.

00:12:46I say hi, and the best I get is a nod.

00:12:48On a good day, a hey.

00:12:49Every extra word looks like it costs him money.

00:12:51I'd always figured he hated me.

00:12:53June, are you hearing me?

00:12:56I snapped back.

00:12:57He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.

00:13:00Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.

00:13:03Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right.

00:13:06Lights off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.

00:13:11I threw a basin of cold water on him.

00:13:14He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.

00:13:28When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.

00:13:33Get those taken down.

00:13:34Looking at them makes me sick.

00:13:36That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.

00:13:38Don't listen to him.

00:13:39My name's June.

00:13:40I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend, Mustard's wide receiver.

00:13:44That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.

00:13:47Why not just break up with him?

00:13:48Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.

00:13:51To my face, he said,

00:13:52My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.

00:13:54Here's $100,000.

00:13:55Just book the surgery.

00:13:56Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.

00:14:00So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse,

00:14:04I decided the best revenge was to beat him to the cheating.

00:14:07Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.

00:14:12Bio, under 10k followers, looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.

00:14:1630 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.

00:14:19My inbox blew up.

00:14:21Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.

00:14:23One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.

00:14:25But one message stood out.

00:14:26Aren't you already taken?

00:14:29How does this guy know I'm not single?

00:14:31I opened his profile.

00:14:32Same city as me.

00:14:33Pitch black avatar.

00:14:35Zero posts.

00:14:36His bio was one line.

00:14:37Patience pays off.

00:14:39It rattled me.

00:14:40This person definitely knows me.

00:14:42God, please don't let it be Wyatt.

00:14:45That would blow up my whole plan.

00:14:47I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.

00:14:51Okay, definitely not Wyatt.

00:14:53But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.

00:14:56So who?

00:14:57I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.

00:15:01Scrolling up, I found it.

00:15:02He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.

00:15:05Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.

00:15:08This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.

00:15:11Was he into me?

00:15:14Who is this?

00:15:15Somebody I know?

00:15:16The chat went quiet for a full ten minutes.

00:15:19I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.

00:15:22A silent tell of his hesitation.

00:15:26What do you mean?

00:15:28You want me to be your boyfriend?

00:15:30Don't kid around about this.

00:15:31Wyatt's my friend.

00:15:32I'm not doing that to him.

00:15:33Then forget I said anything.

00:15:35Bye.

00:15:36I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.

00:15:40Men are all cut from the same cloth.

00:15:42They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.

00:15:47I slept great.

00:15:49Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like a cat.

00:15:57Then I picked up my phone.

00:15:58Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.

00:16:03He was a wreck.

00:16:08What does bi mean?

00:16:10Say what you mean.

00:16:11When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?

00:16:14I thought about it all night.

00:16:16I'm not saying no.

00:16:17Wyatt's my brother.

00:16:18But I'm nobody's side piece.

00:16:19You have to make this official.

00:16:20Are you there?

00:16:21It's late.

00:16:21Get some sleep.

00:16:22Good night.

00:16:23What do you mean?

00:16:24Forget it.

00:16:24Pretend I didn't say it.

00:16:25Just tell me straight.

00:16:26When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious?

00:16:28Or were you just trying to get to him?

00:16:30I thought about it.

00:16:31It's not that we can't.

00:16:32But I'm not doing the secret thing.

00:16:34We're going to be together for real.

00:16:35The official kind.

00:16:37Why aren't you answering?

00:16:39Asleep?

00:16:39Or talking to some other guy?

00:16:40Fine.

00:16:41The secret thing is fine.

00:16:42I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.

00:16:47All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.

00:16:49I was still scrolling when a new message flew in at the bottom.

00:16:53Good morning.

00:16:53Below it, a picture.

00:16:55It was a naked picture of him.

00:16:59I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.

00:17:01It was shot in the locker room.

00:17:02Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his elbow.

00:17:06I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright red,

00:17:09that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.

00:17:11Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.

00:17:14June, get down here.

00:17:15Who sent you these flowers?

00:17:17I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.

00:17:20A hundred at least.

00:17:21Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.

00:17:23I walked over slowly.

00:17:24Tanky, I thought.

00:17:25So tanky.

00:17:26A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.

00:17:30The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.

00:17:33An old necklace.

00:17:34Silver, covered in fine scratches, and inside, a tiny engraving, JW, 614.

00:17:39It was my 16th birthday present from my father.

00:17:41After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.

00:17:45An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.

00:17:49I counted the money and refused to cry.

00:17:51Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.

00:17:53I got the necklace.

00:17:55Send me your bank info.

00:17:56I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.

00:17:59I don't want money.

00:17:59I want you.

00:18:01I expected him to refuse the money.

00:18:03I didn't expect him to say it like that.

00:18:05No hesitation at all.

00:18:07Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.

00:18:09I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.

00:18:12I never got a second sentence out.

00:18:14The phone rang.

00:18:15Wyatt.

00:18:16Late party at the Sinclairs tonight, 7.

00:18:18Wear a sports bra.

00:18:20Don't show so much.

00:18:21It looks smaller that way better.

00:18:23Okay.

00:18:24I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging

00:18:27there for a year.

00:18:28I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.

00:18:31I got to the Sinclairs Lake house.

00:18:33When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.

00:18:36Wyatt was mid-toast.

00:18:37He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.

00:18:40He set the glass down, crossed the room in three stripes, and pulled me into the corner

00:18:43by the stairs.

00:18:44What are you wearing?

00:18:45I told you to wear a sports bra.

00:18:46I didn't answer him.

00:18:48I looked past his shoulder into the house.

00:18:49Warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then out of nowhere I found out.

00:18:52I fell into a pair of eyes.

00:18:53Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.

00:18:55Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.

00:18:59Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.

00:19:01I don't know how long.

00:19:02My feet were nailed to the floor and my heart got louder with every beat.

00:19:05He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.

00:19:07His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets past.

00:19:11Was it him?

00:19:14One second of thinking and I was sure it wasn't.

00:19:17He's cold.

00:19:18Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.

00:19:20Three years I've known him, and his mood is a poured concrete wall.

00:19:24He doesn't care about anything.

00:19:26He can get through a whole party without a word.

00:19:28I say hi, and the best I get is a nod.

00:19:30On a good day, a hey.

00:19:31Every extra word looks like it costs him money.

00:19:33I'd always figured he hated me.

00:19:35June, are you hearing me?

00:19:38I snapped back.

00:19:39He covered his mouth.

00:19:40Bolted for the bathroom.

00:19:42Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.

00:19:45Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors.

00:19:47Everything going right, lights off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.

00:19:53I threw a basin of cold water on him.

00:19:56He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.

00:20:10We were fools.

00:20:11When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.

00:20:15Get those taken down.

00:20:16Looking at them makes me sick.

00:20:18That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.

00:20:20Don't listen to him.

00:20:21My name's June.

00:20:22I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend, muster's wide receiver.

00:20:26That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.

00:20:29Why not just break up with him?

00:20:30Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.

00:20:34To my face, he said,

00:20:35My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.

00:20:36Here's $100,000.

00:20:37Just book the surgery.

00:20:38Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.

00:20:42So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse,

00:20:46I decided the best revenge was to beat him to the cheating.

00:20:49Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.

00:20:54Bio, under 10k followers, looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.

00:20:5830 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.

00:21:01My inbox blew up.

00:21:03Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies, one guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.

00:21:07But one message stood out.

00:21:09Aren't you already taken?

00:21:11How does this guy know I'm not single?

00:21:13I opened his profile.

00:21:14Same city as me.

00:21:15Pitch black avatar.

00:21:17Zero posts.

00:21:18His bio was one line.

00:21:20Patience pays off.

00:21:21It rattled me.

00:21:22This person definitely knows me.

00:21:24God, please don't let it be Wyatt.

00:21:27That would blow up my whole plan.

00:21:29I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.

00:21:33Okay, definitely not Wyatt.

00:21:35But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.

00:21:38So who?

00:21:39I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.

00:21:43Scrolling up, I found it.

00:21:44He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.

00:21:48Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.

00:21:50This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.

00:21:53Was he into me?

00:21:56Who is this?

00:21:58Somebody I know?

00:21:59The chat went quiet for a full 10 minutes.

00:22:01I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.

00:22:04A silent tell of his hesitation.

00:22:08What do you mean?

00:22:10You want me to be your boyfriend?

00:22:12Don't kid around about this.

00:22:13Wyatt's my friend.

00:22:14I'm not doing that to him.

00:22:16Then forget I said anything.

00:22:17Bye.

00:22:19I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.

00:22:22Men are all cut from the same cloth.

00:22:24They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.

00:22:29I slept great.

00:22:31Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like a cat.

00:22:39Then I picked up my phone.

00:22:41Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.

00:22:45He was a wreck.

00:22:51What does bi mean?

00:22:52Say what you mean.

00:22:53When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?

00:22:56I thought about it all night.

00:22:58I'm not saying no.

00:22:59Wyatt's my brother, but I'm nobody's side piece.

00:23:01You have to make this official.

00:23:02Are you there?

00:23:03It's late.

00:23:03Get some sleep.

00:23:04Good night.

00:23:05What do you mean?

00:23:06Forget it.

00:23:06Pretend I didn't say it.

00:23:08Just tell me straight.

00:23:08When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious, or were you just trying to get to him?

00:23:12I thought about it.

00:23:13It's not that we can't, but I'm not doing the secret thing.

00:23:16We're going to be together for real, the official kind.

00:23:19Why aren't you answering?

00:23:21Asleep?

00:23:21Or talking to some other guy?

00:23:23Fine.

00:23:23The secret thing is fine.

00:23:24I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.

00:23:29All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.

00:23:32I was still scrolling when a new message flew in at the bottom.

00:23:35Good morning.

00:23:35Below it, a picture.

00:23:37It was a naked picture of him.

00:23:41I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.

00:23:43It was shot in the locker room.

00:23:44Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his elbow.

00:23:48I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright red,

00:23:51that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.

00:23:54Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.

00:23:56June, get down here.

00:23:57Who sent you these flowers?

00:23:58I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.

00:24:02A hundred at least.

00:24:03Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.

00:24:05I walked over slowly.

00:24:06Tanky, I thought.

00:24:07So tanky.

00:24:08A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.

00:24:12The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.

00:24:15An old necklace.

00:24:16Silver, covered in fine scratches, and inside, a tiny engraving.

00:24:19JW, 614.

00:24:21It was my 16th birthday present from my father.

00:24:24After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.

00:24:27An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.

00:24:31I counted the money and refused to cry.

00:24:33Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.

00:24:35I got the necklace.

00:24:37Send me your bank info.

00:24:38I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.

00:24:41I don't want money.

00:24:42I want you.

00:24:43I expected him to refuse the money.

00:24:45I didn't expect him to say it like that.

00:24:47No hesitation at all.

00:24:49Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.

00:24:51I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.

00:24:54I never got a second sentence out.

00:24:56The phone rang.

00:24:57Wyatt.

00:24:58Late party at the Sinclair's tonight, Seven.

00:25:00Wear a sports bra.

00:25:02Don't show so much.

00:25:03You look smaller that way better.

00:25:05Okay.

00:25:06I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging

00:25:09there for a year.

00:25:10I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.

00:25:13I got to the Sinclair's lake house.

00:25:15When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.

00:25:18Wyatt was mid-toast.

00:25:19He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.

00:25:22He set the glass down, crossed the room, in three stripes, and pulled me into the corner by the stairs.

00:25:26What are you wearing?

00:25:27I told you to wear a sports bra.

00:25:29I didn't answer him.

00:25:30I looked past his shoulder into the house.

00:25:31Warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then out of nowhere, I fell into a pair of eyes.

00:25:36Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.

00:25:37Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.

00:25:41Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.

00:25:43I don't know how long.

00:25:44My feet were nailed to the floor, and my heart got louder with every beat.

00:25:47He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.

00:25:49His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets past.

00:25:53Was it him?

00:25:56One second of thinking, and I was sure it wasn't.

00:25:59He's cold.

00:26:00Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.

00:26:03Three years I've known him, and his mood is a poured concrete wall.

00:26:06He doesn't care about anything.

00:26:08He can get through a whole party without a word.

00:26:10I say hi, and the best I get is a nod.

00:26:12On a good day, a hey.

00:26:13Every extra word looks like it costs him money.

00:26:16I'd always figured he hated me.

00:26:18June, are you hearing me?

00:26:20I snapped back.

00:26:21He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.

00:26:24Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.

00:26:27Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right.

00:26:30Lights off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.

00:26:35I threw a basin of cold water on him.

00:26:38He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.

00:26:53When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.

00:26:57Get those taken down.

00:26:58Looking at them makes me sick.

00:27:00That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.

00:27:02Don't listen to him.

00:27:03My name's June.

00:27:05I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend, muster's wide receiver.

00:27:08That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.

00:27:11Why not just break up with him?

00:27:13Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.

00:27:16To my face, he said,

00:27:17My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.

00:27:19Here's $100,000.

00:27:19Just book the surgery.

00:27:20Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.

00:27:24So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse,

00:27:28I decided the best revenge was to beat him to the cheating.

00:27:31Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.

00:27:36Bio, under 10K followers.

00:27:37Looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.

00:27:4130 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.

00:27:43My inbox blew up.

00:27:45Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.

00:27:47One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.

00:27:49But one message stood out.

00:27:51Aren't you already taken?

00:27:53How does this guy know I'm not single?

00:27:55I opened his profile.

00:27:56Same city as me.

00:27:58Pitch black avatar.

00:27:59Zero posts.

00:28:00His bio was one line.

00:28:02Patience pays off.

00:28:03It rattled me.

00:28:04This person definitely knows me.

00:28:06God, please don't let it be Wyatt.

00:28:09That would blow up my whole plan.

00:28:11I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.

00:28:15Okay, definitely not Wyatt.

00:28:17But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.

00:28:20So who?

00:28:22I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.

00:28:25Scrolling up, I found it.

00:28:26He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.

00:28:30Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.

00:28:33This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.

00:28:35Was he into me?

00:28:39Who is this?

00:28:40Somebody I know?

00:28:41The chat went quiet for a full 10 minutes.

00:28:43I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.

00:28:46A silent tell of his hesitation.

00:28:50What do you mean?

00:28:52You want me to be your boyfriend?

00:28:54Don't kid around about this.

00:28:55Wyatt's my friend.

00:28:56I'm not doing that to him.

00:28:58Then forget I said anything.

00:28:59Bye.

00:29:01I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.

00:29:05Men are all cut from the same cloth.

00:29:06They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.

00:29:11I slept great.

00:29:13Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like a cat.

00:29:21Then I picked up my phone.

00:29:22Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.

00:29:27He was a wreck.

00:29:33What does bi mean?

00:29:34Say what you mean.

00:29:35When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?

00:29:39I thought about it all night.

00:29:40I'm not saying no.

00:29:41Wyatt's my brother, but I'm nobody's side piece.

00:29:43You have to make this official.

00:29:44Are you there?

00:29:45It's late.

00:29:46Get some sleep.

00:29:46Good night.

00:29:47What do you mean?

00:29:48Forget it.

00:29:49Pretend I didn't say it.

00:29:50Just tell me straight.

00:29:50When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious or were you just trying to get to him?

00:29:54I thought about it.

00:29:55It's not that we can't, but I'm not doing the secret thing.

00:29:58We're going to be together for real, the official kind.

00:30:01Why aren't you answering?

00:30:03Asleep?

00:30:03Or talking to some other guy?

00:30:05Fine.

00:30:05The secret thing is fine.

00:30:06I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.

00:30:11All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.

00:30:14I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.

00:30:17Good morning.

00:30:18Below it, a picture.

00:30:19It was a naked picture of him.

00:30:23I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.

00:30:26It was shot in the locker room.

00:30:26Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his elbow.

00:30:30I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright red,

00:30:34that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.

00:30:36Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.

00:30:38June, get down here.

00:30:40Who sent you these flowers?

00:30:41I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.

00:30:44A hundred at least.

00:30:45Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.

00:30:47I walked over slowly.

00:30:48Tanky, I thought.

00:30:49So tanky.

00:30:50A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.

00:30:54The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.

00:30:57An old necklace.

00:30:58Silver, covered in fine scratches, and inside, a tiny engraving, JW614.

00:31:03It was my 16th birthday present from my father.

00:31:06After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.

00:31:10An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.

00:31:13I counted the money and refused to cry.

00:31:15Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.

00:31:17I got the necklace.

00:31:19Send me your bank info.

00:31:21I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.

00:31:23I don't want money.

00:31:24I want you.

00:31:25I expected him to refuse the money.

00:31:27I didn't expect him to say it like that.

00:31:29No hesitation at all.

00:31:31Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.

00:31:33I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.

00:31:36I never got a second sentence out.

00:31:38The phone rang.

00:31:39Wyatt.

00:31:40Lake party at the Sinclair's tonight, Seven.

00:31:42Wear a sports bra.

00:31:44Don't show so much.

00:31:45It looks smaller that way better.

00:31:47Okay.

00:31:47I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging

00:31:51there for a year.

00:31:52I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.

00:31:55I got to the Sinclair's lake house.

00:31:57When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.

00:32:00Wyatt was mid-toast.

00:32:01He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.

00:32:04He set the glass down, crossed the room in three stripes, and pulled me into the corner

00:32:07by the stairs.

00:32:08What are you wearing?

00:32:09I told you to wear a sports bra.

00:32:11I didn't answer him.

00:32:12I looked past his shoulder into the house, warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and

00:32:16then out of nowhere, I fell into a pair of eyes.

00:32:18Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.

00:32:20Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.

00:32:23Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.

00:32:25I don't know how long.

00:32:26My feet were nailed to the floor, and my heart got louder with every beat.

00:32:29He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.

00:32:31His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets past.

00:32:35Was it him?

00:32:38One second of thinking, and I was sure it wasn't.

00:32:41He's cold.

00:32:42Nothing, and nobody gets a reaction out of him.

00:32:45Three years I've known him, and his mood is a poured concrete wall.

00:32:48He doesn't care about anything.

00:32:50He can get through a whole party without a word.

00:32:52I say hi, and the best I get is a nod.

00:32:54On a good day, a hey.

00:32:56Every extra word looks like it costs him money.

00:32:58I'd always figured he hated me.

00:33:00June, are you hearing me?

00:33:02I snapped back.

00:33:03He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.

00:33:06Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.

00:33:09Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right.

00:33:12Lights off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.

00:33:18I threw a basin of cold water on him.

00:33:20He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.

00:33:35When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.

00:33:39Get those taken down.

00:33:40Looking at them makes me sick.

00:33:42That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.

00:33:44Don't listen to him.

00:33:45My name's June.

00:33:46I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend, Mustard's wide receiver.

00:33:50That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.

00:33:53Why not just break up with him?

00:33:55Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.

00:33:58To my face, he said,

00:33:59My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.

00:34:01Here's $100,000.

00:34:02Just book the surgery.

00:34:03Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.

00:34:06So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse,

00:34:10I decided the best revenge was to beat him to the cheating.

00:34:14Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.

00:34:18Bio, under 10k followers.

00:34:20Looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.

00:34:2330 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.

00:34:26My inbox blew up.

00:34:27Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.

00:34:29One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.

00:34:32But one message stood out.

00:34:33Aren't you already taken?

00:34:35How does this guy know I'm not single?

00:34:37I opened his profile.

00:34:38Same city as me.

00:34:40Pitch black avatar.

00:34:41Zero posts.

00:34:42His bio was one line.

00:34:44Patience pays off.

00:34:45It rattled me.

00:34:47This person definitely knows me.

00:34:48God, please don't let it be Wyatt.

00:34:52That would blow up my whole plan.

00:34:53I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.

00:34:57Okay, definitely not Wyatt.

00:34:59But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.

00:35:03So who?

00:35:04I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.

00:35:07Scrolling up, I found it.

00:35:09He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.

00:35:12Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.

00:35:15This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.

00:35:17Was he into me?

00:35:21Who is this?

00:35:22Somebody I know?

00:35:23The chat went quiet for a full ten minutes.

00:35:25I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.

00:35:28A silent tell of his hesitation.

00:35:33What do you mean?

00:35:34You want me to be your boyfriend?

00:35:36Don't kid around about this.

00:35:37Wyatt's my friend.

00:35:38I'm not doing that to him.

00:35:40Then forget I said anything.

00:35:42Bye.

00:35:43I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.

00:35:47Men are all cut from the same cloth.

00:35:48They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.

00:35:54I slept great.

00:35:55Woke up the next morning.

00:35:57Did my face.

00:35:59Made coffee.

00:36:00Stood in the window and stretched like a cat.

00:36:03Then I picked up my phone.

00:36:05Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.

00:36:09He was a wreck.

00:36:15What does bi mean?

00:36:16Say what you mean.

00:36:17When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?

00:36:21I thought about it all night.

00:36:22I'm not saying no.

00:36:23Wyatt's my brother.

00:36:24But I'm nobody's side piece.

00:36:25You have to make this official.

00:36:26Are you there?

00:36:27It's late.

00:36:28Get some sleep.

00:36:28Good night.

00:36:29What do you mean?

00:36:30Forget it.

00:36:31Pretend I didn't say it.

00:36:32Just tell me straight.

00:36:33When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious?

00:36:35Or were you just trying to get to him?

00:36:36I thought about it.

00:36:37It's not that we can't.

00:36:39But I'm not doing the secret thing.

00:36:40We're going to be together for real.

00:36:42The official kind.

00:36:43Why aren't you answering?

00:36:45Asleep?

00:36:45Or talking to some other guy?

00:36:47Fine.

00:36:47The secret thing is fine.

00:36:48I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud.

00:36:52Then sent him a heart.

00:36:53All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.

00:36:56I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.

00:36:59Good morning.

00:37:00Below it?

00:37:01A picture.

00:37:01It was a naked picture of him.

00:37:05I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.

00:37:08It was shot in the locker room.

00:37:09Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his elbow.

00:37:12I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright red,

00:37:16that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.

00:37:18Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.

00:37:20June, get down here.

00:37:22Who sent you these flowers?

00:37:23I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.

00:37:27A hundred at least.

00:37:27Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.

00:37:29I walked over slowly.

00:37:30Tanky, I thought.

00:37:31So tanky.

00:37:32A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.

00:37:36The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.

00:37:39An old necklace, silver, covered in fine scratches and inside a tiny engraving, JW 614.

00:37:45It was my 16th birthday present from my father.

00:37:48After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.

00:37:52An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.

00:37:55I counted the money and refused to cry.

00:37:57Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.

00:37:59I got the necklace.

00:38:01Send me your bank info.

00:38:03I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.

00:38:05I don't want money.

00:38:06I want you.

00:38:07I expected him to refuse the money.

00:38:10I didn't expect him to say it like that.

00:38:11No hesitation at all.

00:38:13Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.

00:38:15I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.

00:38:19I never got a second sentence out.

00:38:21The phone rang.

00:38:22Wyatt.

00:38:22Late party at the Sinclairs tonight, 7.

00:38:25Wear a sports bra.

00:38:26Don't show so much.

00:38:27It looks smaller that way better.

00:38:29Okay.

00:38:30I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging

00:38:33there for a year.

00:38:34I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.

00:38:37I got to the Sinclairs lake house.

00:38:39When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.

00:38:42Wyatt was mid-toast.

00:38:44He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.

00:38:46He set the glass down, crossed the room in three stripes, and pulled me into the corner

00:38:49by the stairs.

00:38:50What are you wearing?

00:38:51I told you to wear a sports bra.

00:38:53I didn't answer him.

00:38:54I looked past his shoulder into the house.

00:38:56Warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then out of nowhere I fell into a pair of

00:38:59eyes.

00:39:00Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.

00:39:02Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.

00:39:05Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.

00:39:07I don't know how long.

00:39:08My feet were nailed to the floor and my heart got louder with every beat.

00:39:11He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.

00:39:13His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets

00:39:17past.

00:39:17Was it him?

00:39:20One second of thinking and I was sure it wasn't.

00:39:23He's cold.

00:39:24Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.

00:39:27Three years I've known him and his mood is a poured concrete wall.

00:39:30He doesn't care about anything.

00:39:32He can get through a whole party without a word.

00:39:34I say hi, and the best I get is a nod.

00:39:36On a good day, a hey.

00:39:38Every extra word looks like it costs him money.

00:39:40I'd always figured he hated me.

00:39:42June, are you hearing me?

00:39:44I snapped back.

00:39:45He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.

00:39:49Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.

00:39:51Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right.

00:39:54Lights off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.

00:40:00I threw a basin of cold water on him.

00:40:02He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.

00:40:17We were f-

00:40:17When he came to, he slammed a hundred thousand dollar check against my chest.

00:40:22Get those taken down, looking at them makes me sick.

00:40:24That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.

00:40:26Don't listen to him.

00:40:27My name's June.

00:40:28I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend, muster's wide receiver.

00:40:32That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.

00:40:35Why not just break up with him?

00:40:37Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.

00:40:40To my face, he said,

00:40:41My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.

00:40:43Here's a hundred grand.

00:40:44Just book the surgery.

00:40:45Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.

00:40:48So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse, I decided the best revenge was

00:40:54to beat him to the cheating.

00:40:56Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.

00:41:00Bio, under 10k followers, looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.

00:41:05Thirty minutes later, I was past a hundred thousand followers.

00:41:08My inbox blew up.

00:41:09Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.

00:41:11One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.

00:41:14But one message stood out.

00:41:15Aren't you already taken?

00:41:17How does this guy know I'm not single?

00:41:19I opened his profile.

00:41:21Same city as me.

00:41:22Pitch black avatar.

00:41:23Zero posts.

00:41:24His bio was one line.

00:41:26Patience pays off.

00:41:27It rattled me.

00:41:28This person definitely knows me.

00:41:31God, please don't let it be Wyatt.

00:41:34That would blow up my whole plan.

00:41:36I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.

00:41:39Okay, definitely not Wyatt.

00:41:41But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.

00:41:45So who?

00:41:46I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.

00:41:49Scrolling up, I found it.

00:41:51He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.

00:41:54Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.

00:41:57This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.

00:41:59Was he into me?

00:42:03Who is this?

00:42:04Somebody I know?

00:42:05The chat went quiet for a full 10 minutes.

00:42:07I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.

00:42:10A silent tell of his hesitation.

00:42:15What do you mean?

00:42:16You want me to be your boyfriend?

00:42:18Don't kid around about this.

00:42:20Wyatt's my friend.

00:42:20I'm not doing that to him.

00:42:22Then forget I said anything.

00:42:24Bye.

00:42:25I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.

00:42:29Men are all cut from the same cloth.

00:42:31They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.

00:42:36I slept great.

00:42:38Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like

00:42:44a cat.

00:42:45Then I picked up my phone.

00:42:47Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.

00:42:51He was a wreck.

00:42:57What does bi mean?

00:42:58Say what you mean.

00:43:00When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?

00:43:03I thought about it all night.

00:43:04I'm not saying no.

00:43:05Wyatt's my brother, but I'm nobody's side piece.

00:43:07You have to make this official.

00:43:08Are you there?

00:43:09It's late.

00:43:10Get some sleep.

00:43:11Good night.

00:43:11What do you mean?

00:43:12Forget it.

00:43:13Pretend I didn't say it.

00:43:14Just tell me straight.

00:43:15When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious, or were you just trying to get

00:43:18to him?

00:43:19I thought about it.

00:43:19It's not that we can't, but I'm not doing the secret thing.

00:43:22We're going to be together for real, the official kind.

00:43:26Why aren't you answering?

00:43:27Asleep?

00:43:28Or talking to some other guy?

00:43:29Fine.

00:43:29The secret thing is fine.

00:43:31I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.

00:43:35All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.

00:43:38I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.

00:43:41Good morning.

00:43:42Below it, a picture.

00:43:43It was a naked picture of him.

00:43:47I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.

00:43:50It was shot in the locker room.

00:43:51Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his

00:43:54elbow.

00:43:54I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright

00:43:57red, that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.

00:44:00Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.

00:44:03June, get down here.

00:44:04Who sent you these flowers?

00:44:05I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.

00:44:09A hundred at least.

00:44:09Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.

00:44:11I walked over slowly.

00:44:12Tanky, I thought.

00:44:13So tanky.

00:44:14A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.

00:44:18The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.

00:44:21An old necklace.

00:44:22Silver, covered in fine scratches and inside a tiny engraving, JW614.

00:44:27It was my 16th birthday present from my father.

00:44:30After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.

00:44:34An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.

00:44:37I counted the money and refused to cry.

00:44:39Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.

00:44:41I got the necklace.

00:44:43Send me your bank info.

00:44:45I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.

00:44:47I don't want money.

00:44:48I want you.

00:44:49I expected him to refuse the money.

00:44:52I didn't expect him to say it like that.

00:44:54No hesitation at all.

00:44:55Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.

00:44:57I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.

00:45:01I never got a second sentence out.

00:45:03The phone rang.

00:45:04Wyatt.

00:45:04Late party at the Sinclairs tonight, Seven.

00:45:07Wear a sports bra.

00:45:08Don't show so much.

00:45:09It looks smaller that way better.

00:45:11Okay.

00:45:12I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging

00:45:16there for a year.

00:45:17I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.

00:45:20I got to the Sinclairs lake house.

00:45:21When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.

00:45:25Wyatt was mid-toast.

00:45:26He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.

00:45:28He set the glass down, crossed the room in three strikes, and pulled me into the corner

00:45:32by the stairs.

00:45:32What are you wearing?

00:45:33I told you to wear a sports bra.

00:45:35I didn't answer him.

00:45:36I looked past his shoulder into the house.

00:45:38Warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then out of nowhere I fell into a pair of

00:45:41eyes.

00:45:42Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.

00:45:44Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.

00:45:48Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.

00:45:50I don't know how long.

00:45:51My feet were nailed to the floor and my heart got louder with every beat.

00:45:53He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.

00:45:56His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets

00:45:59past.

00:46:00Was it him?

00:46:02One second of thinking, and I was sure it wasn't.

00:46:05He's cold.

00:46:07Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.

00:46:09Three years I've known him, and his mood is a poured concrete wall.

00:46:12He doesn't care about anything.

00:46:14He can get through a whole party without a word.

00:46:16I say hi, and the best I get is a nod.

00:46:18On a good day, a hey.

00:46:20Every extra word looks like it costs him money.

00:46:22I'd always figured he hated me.

00:46:24June, are you hearing me?

00:46:26I snapped back.

00:46:28He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.

00:46:31Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.

00:46:33Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right, lights

00:46:37off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.

00:46:42I threw a basin of cold water on him.

00:46:45He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.

00:46:59When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.

00:47:04Get those taken down.

00:47:05Looking at them makes me sick.

00:47:06That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.

00:47:09Don't listen to him.

00:47:10My name's June.

00:47:11I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend.

00:47:13Mustard's wide receiver.

00:47:14That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.

00:47:17Why not just break up with him?

00:47:19Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.

00:47:22To my face, he said,

00:47:23My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.

00:47:25Here's a hundred grand.

00:47:26Just book the surgery.

00:47:27Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.

00:47:30So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse, I decided the best

00:47:36revenge was to beat him to the cheating.

00:47:38Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.

00:47:42Bio, under 10k followers.

00:47:44Looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.

00:47:4730 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.

00:47:50My inbox blew up.

00:47:51Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.

00:47:54One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.

00:47:56But one message stood out.

00:47:57Aren't you already taken?

00:47:59How does this guy know I'm not single?

00:48:01I opened his profile.

00:48:03Same city as me.

00:48:04Pitch black avatar.

00:48:05Zero posts.

00:48:06His bio was one line.

00:48:08Patience pays off.

00:48:09It rattled me.

00:48:11This person definitely knows me.

00:48:13God, please don't let it be Wyatt.

00:48:16That would blow up my whole plan.

00:48:18I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.

00:48:22Okay, definitely not Wyatt.

00:48:23But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.

00:48:27So who?

00:48:28I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.

00:48:31Scrolling up, I found it.

00:48:33He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.

00:48:36Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.

00:48:39This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.

00:48:41Was he into me?

00:48:42Hmm?

00:48:45Who is this?

00:48:46Somebody I know?

00:48:47The chat went quiet for a full ten minutes.

00:48:49I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.

00:48:53A silent tell of his hesitation.

00:48:57What do you mean?

00:48:58You want me to be your boyfriend?

00:49:00Don't kid around about this.

00:49:02Wyatt's my friend.

00:49:02I'm not doing that to him.

00:49:04Then forget I said anything.

00:49:06Bye.

00:49:07I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.

00:49:11Men are all cut from the same cloth.

00:49:13They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.

00:49:18I slept great.

00:49:20Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like

00:49:26a cat.

00:49:27Then I picked up my phone.

00:49:29Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.

00:49:33He was a wreck.

00:49:39What does bi mean?

00:49:40Say what you mean.

00:49:42When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?

00:49:45I thought about it all night.

00:49:46I'm not saying no.

00:49:47Wyatt's my brother, but I'm nobody's side piece.

00:49:49You have to make this official.

00:49:51Are you there?

00:49:51It's late.

00:49:52Get some sleep.

00:49:53Good night.

00:49:53What do you mean?

00:49:54Forget it.

00:49:55Pretend I didn't say it.

00:49:56Just tell me straight.

00:49:57When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious, or were you just trying to get

00:50:00to him?

00:50:01I thought about it.

00:50:02It's not that we can't.

00:50:03But I'm not doing the secret thing.

00:50:04We're going to be together for real.

00:50:06The official kind.

00:50:08Why aren't you answering?

00:50:09Asleep?

00:50:10Or talking to some other guy?

00:50:11Fine.

00:50:12The secret thing is fine.

00:50:13I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.

00:50:17All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.

00:50:20I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.

00:50:23Good morning.

00:50:24Below it, a picture.

00:50:25It was a naked picture of him.

00:50:29I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.

00:50:32It was shot in the locker room.

00:50:33Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his

00:50:36elbow.

00:50:36I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright

00:50:40red, that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.

00:50:42Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.

00:50:45June, get down here.

00:50:46Who sent you these flowers?

00:50:47I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.

00:50:51A hundred at least.

00:50:51Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.

00:50:53I walked over slowly.

00:50:54Tanky, I thought.

00:50:55So tanky.

00:50:56A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.

00:51:00The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.

00:51:03An old necklace.

00:51:04Silver, covered in fine scratches, and inside, a tiny engraving, JW614.

00:51:10It was my 16th birthday present from my father.

00:51:12After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.

00:51:16An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.

00:51:19I counted the money and refused to cry.

00:51:21Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.

00:51:24I got the necklace.

00:51:26Send me your bank info.

00:51:27I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.

00:51:29I don't want money.

00:51:30I want you.

00:51:32I expected him to refuse the money.

00:51:34I didn't expect him to say it like that.

00:51:36No hesitation at all.

00:51:37Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.

00:51:39I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.

00:51:43I never got a second sentence out.

00:51:45The phone rang.

00:51:46Wyatt.

00:51:47Lake party at the Sinclairs tonight, 7.

00:51:49Wear a sports bra.

00:51:50Don't show so much.

00:51:52It looks smaller that way better.

00:51:53Okay.

00:51:54I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging

00:51:58there for a year.

00:51:59I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.

00:52:02I got to the Sinclairs lake house.

00:52:03When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.

00:52:07Wyatt was mid-toast.

00:52:08He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.

00:52:10He set the glass down, crossed the room in three stripes, and pulled me into the corner

00:52:14by the stairs.

00:52:15What are you wearing?

00:52:16I told you to wear a sports bra.

00:52:17I didn't answer him.

00:52:18I looked past his shoulder into the house.

00:52:20Warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then out of nowhere I fell into a pair of

00:52:24eyes.

00:52:24Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.

00:52:26Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.

00:52:30Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.

00:52:32I don't know how long.

00:52:33My feet were nailed to the floor and my heart got louder with every beat.

00:52:35He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.

00:52:38His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets

00:52:41past.

00:52:42Was it him?

00:52:45One second of thinking and I was sure it wasn't.

00:52:48He's cold.

00:52:49Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.

00:52:51Three years I've known him and his mood is a poured concrete wall.

00:52:55He doesn't care about anything.

00:52:56He can get through a whole party without a word.

00:52:59I say hi and the best I get is a nod.

00:53:01On a good day, a hey.

00:53:02Every extra word looks like it costs him money.

00:53:04I'd always figured he hated me.

00:53:06June, are you hearing me?

00:53:08I snapped back.

00:53:10He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.

00:53:13Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.

00:53:16Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right.

00:53:19Lights off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.

00:53:24I threw a basin of cold water on him.

00:53:27He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.

00:53:41We were f—

00:53:42When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.

00:53:46Get those taken down.

00:53:47Looking at them makes me sick.

00:53:49That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.

00:53:51Don't listen to him.

00:53:52My name's June.

00:53:53I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend, Mustard's wide receiver.

00:53:56That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.

00:53:59Why not just break up with him?

00:54:01Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.

00:54:04To my face, he said,

00:54:05My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.

00:54:07Here's a hundred grand.

00:54:08Just book the surgery.

00:54:09Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.

00:54:12So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse, I decided the best revenge was

00:54:18to beat him to the cheating.

00:54:20Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.

00:54:24Bio, under 10k followers, looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.

00:54:29Thirty minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.

00:54:32My inbox blew up.

00:54:33Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.

00:54:36One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.

00:54:38But one message stood out.

00:54:39Aren't you already taken?

00:54:41How does this guy know I'm not single?

00:54:43I opened his profile.

00:54:45Same city as me.

00:54:46Pitch black avatar.

00:54:47Zero posts.

00:54:48His bio was one line.

00:54:50Patience pays off.

00:54:52It rattled me.

00:54:53This person definitely knows me.

00:54:55God, please don't let it be Wyatt.

00:54:58That would blow up my whole plan.

00:55:00I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.

00:55:04Okay, definitely not Wyatt.

00:55:06But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.

00:55:09So who?

00:55:10I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.

00:55:14Scrolling up, I found it.

00:55:15He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.

00:55:18Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.

00:55:21This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.

00:55:23Was he into me?

00:55:27Who is this?

00:55:28Somebody I know?

00:55:29The chat went quiet for a full ten minutes.

00:55:31I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.

00:55:35A silent tell of his hesitation.

00:55:39What do you mean?

00:55:41You want me to be your boyfriend?

00:55:42Don't kid around about this.

00:55:44Wyatt's my friend.

00:55:45I'm not doing that to him.

00:55:46Then forget I said anything.

00:55:48Bye.

00:55:49I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.

00:55:53Men are all cut from the same cloth.

00:55:55They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.

00:56:00I slept great.

00:56:02Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like a cat.

00:56:09Then I picked up my phone.

00:56:11Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.

00:56:15He was a wreck.

00:56:21What does bi mean?

00:56:22Say what you mean.

00:56:24When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?

00:56:27I thought about it all night.

00:56:28I'm not saying no.

00:56:29Wyatt's my brother, but I'm nobody's side piece.

00:56:32You have to make this official.

00:56:33Are you there?

00:56:33It's late.

00:56:34Get some sleep.

00:56:35Good night.

00:56:36What do you mean?

00:56:36Forget it.

00:56:37Pretend I didn't say it.

00:56:38Just tell me straight.

00:56:39When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious, or were you just trying to get

00:56:42to him?

00:56:43I thought about it.

00:56:44It's not that we can't, but I'm not doing the secret thing.

00:56:47We're going to be together for real, the official kind.

00:56:50Why aren't you answering?

00:56:51Asleep?

00:56:52Or talking to some other guy?

00:56:53Fine.

00:56:54The secret thing is fine.

00:56:55I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud.

00:56:58Then sent him a heart.

00:57:00All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.

00:57:02I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.

00:57:05Good morning.

00:57:06Below it, a picture.

00:57:08It was a naked picture of him.

00:57:11I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.

00:57:14It was shot in the locker room.

00:57:15Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his

00:57:18elbow.

00:57:18I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright

00:57:22red, that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.

00:57:25Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.

00:57:27June, get down here.

00:57:28Who sent you these flowers?

00:57:29I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.

00:57:33A hundred at least.

00:57:34Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.

00:57:35I walked over slowly.

00:57:37Tanky, I thought.

00:57:38So tanky.

00:57:39A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.

00:57:43The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.

00:57:45An old necklace.

00:57:47Silver, covered in fine scratches, and inside, a tiny engraving, JW, 614.

00:57:51It was my 16th birthday present from my father.

00:57:54After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.

00:57:58An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.

00:58:01I counted the money and refused to cry.

00:58:03Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.

00:58:06I got the necklace.

00:58:08Send me your bank info.

00:58:09I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.

00:58:11I don't want money.

00:58:12I want you.

00:58:14I expected him to refuse the money.

00:58:16I didn't expect him to say it like that.

00:58:18No hesitation at all.

00:58:19Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.

00:58:22I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.

00:58:25I never got a second sentence out.

00:58:27The phone rang.

00:58:28Wyatt.

00:58:29Late party at the Sinclair's tonight, 7.

00:58:31Wear a sports bra.

00:58:32Don't show so much.

00:58:34It looks smaller that way better.

00:58:36Okay.

00:58:36I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging

00:58:40there for a year.

00:58:41I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.

00:58:44I got to the Sinclair's lake house.

00:58:46When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.

00:58:48Wyatt was mid-toast.

00:58:50He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.

00:58:53He set the glass down, crossed the room in three strikes, and pulled me into the corner

00:58:56by the stairs.

00:58:57What are you wearing?

00:58:58I told you to wear a sports bra.

00:58:59I didn't answer him.

00:59:00I looked past his shoulder into the house.

00:59:02Warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then out of nowhere I fell into a pair of

00:59:06eyes.

00:59:06Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.

00:59:08Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.

00:59:12Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.

00:59:14I don't know how long.

00:59:15My feet were nailed to the floor and my heart got louder with every beat.

00:59:17He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.

00:59:20His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets past.

00:59:24Was it him?

00:59:27One second of thinking and I was sure it wasn't.

00:59:30He's cold.

00:59:31Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.

00:59:33Three years I've known him and his mood is a poured concrete wall.

00:59:37He doesn't care about anything.

00:59:38He can get through a whole party without a word.

00:59:41I say hi, and the best I get is a nod.

00:59:43On a good day, a hey.

00:59:44Every extra word looks like it costs him money.

00:59:46I'd always figured he hated me.

00:59:48June, are you hearing me?

00:59:51I snapped back.

00:59:52He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.

00:59:55Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.

00:59:58Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right.

01:00:01Lights off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.

01:00:06I threw a basin of cold water on him.

01:00:09He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.

01:00:23We were f-

01:00:24When he came to, he slammed a hundred thousand dollar check against my chest.

01:00:28Get those taken down, looking at them makes me sick.

01:00:31That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.

01:00:33Don't listen to him.

01:00:34My name's June.

01:00:35I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend, Musters' wide receiver.

01:00:39That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.

01:00:42Why not just break up with him?

01:00:43Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.

01:00:46To my face, he said,

01:00:47My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.

01:00:49Here's a hundred grand.

01:00:50Just book the surgery.

01:00:51Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.

01:00:55So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse,

01:00:59I decided the best revenge was to beat him to the cheating.

01:01:02Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.

01:01:06Bio, under 10k followers, looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.

01:01:11Thirty minutes later, I was past a hundred thousand followers.

01:01:14My inbox blew up.

01:01:16Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.

01:01:18One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.

01:01:20But one message stood out.

01:01:21Aren't you already taken?

01:01:24How does this guy know I'm not single?

01:01:26I opened his profile.

01:01:27Same city as me.

01:01:28Pitch black avatar.

01:01:30Zero posts.

01:01:30His bio was one line.

01:01:32Patience pays off.

01:01:34It rattled me.

01:01:35This person definitely knows me.

01:01:37God, please don't let it be Wyatt.

01:01:40That would blow up my whole plan.

01:01:42I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.

01:01:46Okay, definitely not Wyatt.

01:01:48But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.

01:01:51So who?

01:01:52I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.

01:01:56Scrolling up, I found it.

01:01:57He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.

01:02:00Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.

01:02:03This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.

01:02:05Was he into me?

01:02:09Who is this?

01:02:10Somebody I know?

01:02:11The chat went quiet for a full 10 minutes.

01:02:14I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.

01:02:17A silent tell of his hesitation.

01:02:21What do you mean?

01:02:23You want me to be your boyfriend?

01:02:24Don't kid around about this.

01:02:26Wyatt's my friend.

01:02:27I'm not doing that to him.

01:02:28Then forget I said anything.

01:02:30Bye.

01:02:31I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.

01:02:35Men are all cut from the same cloth.

01:02:37They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.

01:02:42I slept great.

01:02:44Woke up the next morning.

01:02:45Did my face.

01:02:47Made coffee.

01:02:49Stood in the window and stretched like a cat.

01:02:51Then I picked up my phone.

01:02:5310 unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.

01:02:57He was a wreck.

01:03:03What does bi mean?

01:03:05Say what you mean.

01:03:06When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?

01:03:09I thought about it all night.

01:03:11I'm not saying no.

01:03:12Wyatt's my brother.

01:03:12But I'm nobody's side piece.

01:03:14You have to make this official.

01:03:15Are you there?

01:03:15It's late.

01:03:16Get some sleep.

01:03:17Good night.

01:03:18What do you mean?

01:03:19Forget it.

01:03:19Pretend I didn't say it.

01:03:20Just tell me straight.

01:03:21When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious?

01:03:23Or were you just trying to get to him?

01:03:25I thought about it.

01:03:26It's not that we can't.

01:03:27But I'm not doing the secret thing.

01:03:29We're going to be together for real.

01:03:30The official kind.

01:03:32Why aren't you answering?

01:03:34Asleep?

01:03:34Or talking to some other guy?

01:03:35Fine.

01:03:36The secret thing is fine.

01:03:37I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud.

01:03:40Then sent him a heart.

01:03:42All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.

01:03:44I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.

01:03:47Good morning.

01:03:48Below it, a picture.

01:03:50It was a naked picture of him.

01:03:53I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.

01:03:56It was shot in the locker room.

01:03:57Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his elbow.

01:04:01I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright red,

01:04:04that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.

01:04:07Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.

01:04:09June, get down here.

01:04:10Who sent you these flowers?

01:04:12I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.

01:04:15A hundred at least.

01:04:16Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.

01:04:18I walked over slowly.

01:04:19Tanky, I thought.

01:04:20So tanky.

01:04:20A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.

01:04:25The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.

01:04:27An old necklace.

01:04:29Silver, covered in fine scratches, and inside, a tiny engraving, JW614.

01:04:34It was my 16th birthday present from my father.

01:04:36After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.

01:04:40An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.

01:04:44I counted the money and refused to cry.

01:04:46Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.

01:04:48I got the necklace.

01:04:50Send me your bank info.

01:04:51I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.

01:04:53I don't want money.

01:04:54I want you.

01:04:56I expected him to refuse the money.

01:04:58I didn't expect him to say it like that.

01:05:00No hesitation at all.

01:05:01Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.

01:05:04I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.

01:05:07I never got a second sentence out.

01:05:09The phone rang.

01:05:10Wyatt.

01:05:11Late party at the Sinclairs tonight, 7.

01:05:13Wear a sports bra.

01:05:14Don't show so much.

01:05:16It looks smaller that way better.

01:05:18Okay.

01:05:18I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging

01:05:22there for a year.

01:05:23I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.

01:05:26I got to the Sinclairs lake house.

01:05:28When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.

01:05:31Wyatt was mid-toast.

01:05:32He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.

01:05:35He set the glass down, crossed the room, in three stripes, and pulled me into the corner

01:05:38by the stairs.

01:05:39What are you wearing?

01:05:40I told you to wear a sports bra.

01:05:41I didn't answer him.

01:05:42I looked past his shoulder into the house, warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine,

01:05:46and then out of nowhere I fell into a pair of eyes.

01:05:48Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.

01:05:50Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.

01:05:54Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.

01:05:56I don't know how long.

01:05:57My feet were nailed to the floor and my heart got louder with every beat.

01:05:59He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.

01:06:02His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets

01:06:05past.

01:06:06Was it him?

01:06:09One second of thinking, and I was sure it wasn't.

01:06:12He's cold.

01:06:13Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.

01:06:15Three years I've known him, and his mood is a poured concrete wall.

01:06:19He doesn't care about anything.

01:06:20He can get through a whole party without a word.

01:06:23I say hi, and the best I get is a nod.

01:06:25On a good day, a hey.

01:06:26Every extra word looks like it costs him money.

01:06:28I'd always figured he hated me.

01:06:30June, are you hearing me?

01:06:33I snapped back.

01:06:34He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.

01:06:37Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.

01:06:40Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right, lights

01:06:43off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.

01:06:48I threw a basin of cold water on him.

01:06:51He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.

01:07:05When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.

01:07:10Get those taken down.

01:07:11Looking at them makes me sick.

01:07:13That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.

01:07:15Don't listen to him.

01:07:16My name's June.

01:07:17I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend.

01:07:19Mustard's wide receiver.

01:07:21That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.

01:07:24Why not just break up with him?

01:07:25Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.

01:07:29To my face, he said,

01:07:29My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.

01:07:31Here's a hundred grand.

01:07:32Just book the surgery.

01:07:33Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.

01:07:37So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse, I decided the best

01:07:42revenge was to beat him to the cheating.

01:07:44Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.

01:07:49Bio, under 10k followers.

01:07:50Looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.

01:07:5330 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.

01:07:56My inbox blew up.

01:07:58Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.

01:08:00One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.

01:08:02But one message stood out.

01:08:04Aren't you already taken?

01:08:06How does this guy know I'm not single?

01:08:08I opened his profile.

01:08:09Same city as me.

01:08:10Pitch black avatar.

01:08:12Zero posts.

01:08:13His bio was one line.

01:08:15Patience pays off.

01:08:16It rattled me.

01:08:17This person definitely knows me.

01:08:19God, please don't let it be Wyatt.

01:08:22That would blow up my whole plan.

01:08:24I was still deciding whether to answer.

01:08:26When he messaged me first.

01:08:28Okay, definitely not Wyatt.

01:08:30But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.

01:08:33So who?

01:08:34I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.

01:08:38Scrolling up, I found it.

01:08:39He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.

01:08:42Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.

01:08:45This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.

01:08:48Was he into me?

01:08:51Who is this?

01:08:52Somebody I know?

01:08:54The chat went quiet for a full ten minutes.

01:08:56I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.

01:08:59A silent tell of his hesitation.

01:09:03What do you mean?

01:09:05You want me to be your boyfriend?

01:09:07Don't kid around about this.

01:09:08Wyatt's my friend.

01:09:09I'm not doing that to him.

01:09:10Then forget I said anything.

01:09:12Bye.

01:09:13I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.

01:09:17Men are all cut from the same cloth.

01:09:19They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.

01:09:24I slept great.

01:09:26Woke up the next morning.

01:09:28Did my face.

01:09:29Made coffee.

01:09:31Stood in the window and stretched like a cat.

01:09:34Then I picked up my phone.

01:09:35Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.

01:09:40He was a wreck.

01:09:45What does bi mean?

01:09:47Say what you mean.

01:09:48When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?

01:09:51I thought about it all night.

01:09:53I'm not saying no.

01:09:54Wyatt's my brother.

01:09:55But I'm nobody's side piece.

01:09:56You have to make this official.

01:09:57Are you there?

01:09:58It's late.

01:09:58Get some sleep.

01:09:59Good night.

01:10:00What do you mean?

01:10:01Forget it.

01:10:01Pretend I didn't say it.

01:10:03Just tell me straight.

01:10:03When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious?

01:10:05Or were you just trying to get to him?

01:10:07I thought about it.

01:10:08It's not that we can't.

01:10:09But I'm not doing the secret thing.

01:10:11We're going to be together for real.

01:10:13The official kind.

01:10:14Why aren't you answering?

01:10:16Asleep?

01:10:16Or talking to some other guy?

01:10:17Fine.

01:10:18The secret thing is fine.

01:10:19I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.

01:10:24All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.

01:10:26I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.

01:10:30Good morning.

01:10:30Below it, a picture.

01:10:32It was a naked picture of him.

01:10:36I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.

01:10:38It was shot in the locker room.

01:10:39Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his

01:10:42elbow.

01:10:43I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright

01:10:46red, that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.

01:10:49Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.

01:10:51June, get down here.

01:10:52Who sent you these flowers?

01:10:53I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.

01:10:57A hundred at least.

01:10:58Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.

01:11:00I walked over slowly.

01:11:01Tanky, I thought.

01:11:02So tanky.

01:11:03A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.

01:11:07The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.

01:11:10An old necklace.

01:11:11Silver, covered in fine scratches, and inside, a tiny engraving, JW, 614.

01:11:16It was my 16th birthday present from my father.

01:11:19After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.

01:11:22An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.

01:11:26I counted the money and refused to cry.

01:11:28Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.

01:11:30I got the necklace.

01:11:32Send me your bank info.

01:11:33I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.

01:11:36I don't want money.

01:11:37I want you.

01:11:38I expected him to refuse the money.

01:11:40I didn't expect him to say it like that.

01:11:42No hesitation at all.

01:11:44Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.

01:11:46I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.

01:11:49I never got a second sentence out.

01:11:51The phone rang.

01:11:52Wyatt.

01:11:53Late party at the Sinclair's tonight, Seven.

01:11:55Wear a sports bra.

01:11:57Don't show so much.

01:11:58It looks smaller that way better.

01:12:00Okay.

01:12:00I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging

01:12:04there for a year.

01:12:05I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.

01:12:08I got to the Sinclair's lake house.

01:12:10When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.

01:12:13Wyatt was mid-toast.

01:12:14He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.

01:12:16He set the glass down, crossed the room in three strikes, and pulled me into the corner

01:12:20by the stairs.

01:12:21What are you wearing?

01:12:22I told you to wear a sports bra.

01:12:24I didn't answer him.

01:12:25I looked past his shoulder into the house.

01:12:26Warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then out of nowhere I fell into a pair of

01:12:30eyes.

01:12:30Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.

01:12:32Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.

01:12:36Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.

01:12:38I don't know how long.

01:12:39My feet were nailed to the floor and my heart got louder with every beat.

01:12:42He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.

01:12:44His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets past.

01:12:48Was it him?

01:12:51One second of thinking and I was sure it wasn't.

01:12:54He's cold.

01:12:55Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.

01:12:58Three years I've known him and his mood is a poured concrete wall.

01:13:01He doesn't care about anything.

01:13:03He can get through a whole party without a word.

01:13:05I say hi and the best I get is a nod.

01:13:07On a good day, a hey.

01:13:09Every extra word looks like it costs him money.

01:13:10I'd always figured he hated me.

01:13:13June, are you hearing me?

01:13:15I snapped back.

01:13:16He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.

01:13:19Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.

01:13:22Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right.

01:13:25Lights off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.

01:13:30I threw a basin of cold water on him.

01:13:33He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.

01:13:47We were fools.

01:13:48When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.

01:13:52Get those taken down.

01:13:53Looking at them makes me sick.

01:13:55That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.

01:13:57Don't listen to him.

01:13:58My name's June.

01:13:59I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend, muster's wide receiver.

01:14:03That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.

01:14:06Why not just break up with him?

01:14:07Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.

01:14:11To my face, he said,

01:14:12My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.

01:14:13Here's a hundred grand.

01:14:15Just book the surgery.

01:14:15Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.

01:14:19So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse,

01:14:23I decided the best revenge was to beat him to the cheating.

01:14:26Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.

01:14:31Bio, under 10k followers.

01:14:32Looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.

01:14:3630 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.

01:14:38My inbox blew up.

01:14:40Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.

01:14:42One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.

01:14:44But one message stood out.

01:14:46Aren't you already taken?

01:14:48How does this guy know I'm not single?

01:14:50I opened his profile.

01:14:51Same city as me.

01:14:52Pitch black avatar.

01:14:54Zero posts.

01:14:55His bio was one line.

01:14:57Patience pays off.

01:14:58It rattled me.

01:14:59This person definitely knows me.

01:15:01God, please don't let it be Wyatt.

01:15:04That would blow up my whole plan.

01:15:06I was still deciding whether to answer.

01:15:08When he messaged me first.

01:15:10Okay, definitely not Wyatt.

01:15:12But the way he talks?

01:15:13He's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.

01:15:15So who?

01:15:16I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.

01:15:20Scrolling up, I found it.

01:15:21He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.

01:15:25Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.

01:15:27This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.

01:15:30Was he into me?

01:15:33Who is this?

01:15:35Somebody I know?

01:15:36The chat went quiet for a full 10 minutes.

01:15:38I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.

01:15:41A silent tell of his hesitation.

01:15:45What do you mean?

01:15:47You want me to be your boyfriend?

01:15:49Don't kid around about this.

01:15:50Wyatt's my friend.

01:15:51I'm not doing that to him.

01:15:53Then forget I said anything.

01:15:54Bye.

01:15:56I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.

01:15:59Men are all cut from the same cloth.

01:16:01They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.

01:16:06I slept great.

01:16:08Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like a cat.

01:16:16Then I picked up my phone.

01:16:17Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.

01:16:22He was a wreck.

01:16:28What does bi mean?

01:16:29Say what you mean.

01:16:30When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?

01:16:34I thought about it all night.

01:16:35I'm not saying no.

01:16:36Wyatt's my brother.

01:16:37But I'm nobody's side piece.

01:16:38You have to make this official.

01:16:39Are you there?

01:16:40It's late.

01:16:41Get some sleep.

01:16:41Good night.

01:16:42What do you mean?

01:16:43Forget it.

01:16:43Pretend I didn't say it.

01:16:45Just tell me straight.

01:16:45When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious?

01:16:47Or were you just trying to get to him?

01:16:49I thought about it.

01:16:50It's not that we can't.

01:16:51But I'm not doing the secret thing.

01:16:53We're going to be together for real.

01:16:55The official kind.

01:16:56Why aren't you answering?

01:16:58Asleep?

01:16:58Or talking to some other guy?

01:17:00Fine.

01:17:00The secret thing is fine.

01:17:01I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud.

01:17:04Then sent him a heart.

01:17:06All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.

01:17:09I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.

01:17:12Good morning.

01:17:13Below it, a picture.

01:17:14It was a naked picture of him.

01:17:18I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.

01:17:21It was shot in the locker room.

01:17:21Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his elbow.

01:17:25I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright red,

01:17:28that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.

01:17:31Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.

01:17:33June, get down here.

01:17:34Who sent you these flowers?

01:17:36I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.

01:17:39A hundred at least.

01:17:40Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.

01:17:42I walked over slowly.

01:17:43Tanky, I thought.

01:17:44So tanky.

01:17:45A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.

01:17:49The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.

01:17:52An old necklace.

01:17:53Silver, covered in fine scratches, and inside, a tiny engraving, JW614.

01:17:58It was my 16th birthday present from my father.

01:18:01After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.

01:18:05An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.

01:18:08I counted the money and refused to cry.

01:18:10Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.

01:18:12I got the necklace.

01:18:14Send me your bank info.

01:18:15I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.

01:18:18I don't want money.

01:18:19I want you.

01:18:20I expected him to refuse the money.

01:18:22I didn't expect him to say it like that.

01:18:24No hesitation at all.

01:18:26Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.

01:18:28I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.

01:18:31I never got a second sentence out.

01:18:33The phone rang.

01:18:34Wyatt.

01:18:35Lake party at the Sinclair's tonight, Seven.

01:18:37Wear a sports bra.

01:18:39Don't show so much.

01:18:40You look smaller that way better.

01:18:42Okay.

01:18:43I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging

01:18:46there for a year.

01:18:47I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.

01:18:50I got to the Sinclair's lake house.

01:18:52When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.

01:18:55Wyatt was mid-toast.

01:18:56He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.

01:18:59He set the glass down, crossed the room in three strikes, and pulled me into the corner

01:19:02by the stairs.

01:19:03What are you wearing?

01:19:04I told you to wear a sports bra.

01:19:06I didn't answer him.

01:19:07I looked past his shoulder into the house, warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine,

01:19:10and then out of nowhere I fell into a pair of eyes.

01:19:13Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.

01:19:15Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.

01:19:18Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.

01:19:20I don't know how long.

01:19:21My feet were nailed to the floor and my heart got louder with every beat.

01:19:24He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.

01:19:26His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets past.

01:19:30Was it him?

01:19:33One second of thinking, and I was sure it wasn't.

01:19:36He's cold.

01:19:37Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.

01:19:40Three years I've known him, and his mood is a poured concrete wall.

01:19:43He doesn't care about anything.

01:19:45He can get through a whole party without a word.

01:19:47I say hi, and the best I get is a nod.

01:19:49On a good day, a hey.

01:19:51Every extra word looks like it costs him money.

01:19:53I'd always figured he hated me.

01:19:55June, are you hearing me?

01:19:57I snapped back.

01:19:58He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.

01:20:01Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.

01:20:04Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right.

01:20:07Lights off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.

01:20:13I threw a basin of cold water on him.

01:20:15He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.

01:20:30When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.

01:20:34Get those taken down.

01:20:35Looking at them makes me sick.

01:20:37That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.

01:20:39Don't listen to him.

01:20:40My name's June.

01:20:42I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend.

01:20:44Mustard's wide receiver.

01:20:45That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.

01:20:48Why not just break up with him?

01:20:50Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.

01:20:53To my face, he said,

01:20:54My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.

01:20:56Here's $100,000.

01:20:56Just book the surgery.

01:20:57Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.

01:21:01So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse,

01:21:05I decided the best revenge was to beat him to the cheating.

01:21:08Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.

01:21:13Bio, under 10k followers.

01:21:14Looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.

01:21:1830 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.

01:21:20My inbox blew up.

01:21:22Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.

01:21:24One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.

01:21:26But one message stood out.

01:21:28Aren't you already taken?

01:21:30How does this guy know I'm not single?

01:21:32I opened his profile.

01:21:33Same city as me.

01:21:35Pitch black avatar.

01:21:36Zero posts.

01:21:37His bio was one line.

01:21:39Patience pays off.

01:21:40It rattled me.

01:21:41This person definitely knows me.

01:21:43God, please don't let it be Wyatt.

01:21:46That would blow up my whole plan.

01:21:48I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.

01:21:52Okay, definitely not Wyatt.

01:21:54But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.

01:21:58So who?

01:21:59I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.

01:22:02Scrolling up, I found it.

01:22:03He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.

01:22:07Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.

01:22:10This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.

01:22:12Was he into me?

01:22:16Who is this?

01:22:17Somebody I know?

01:22:18The chat went quiet for a full 10 minutes.

01:22:20I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.

01:22:23A silent tell of his hesitation.

01:22:28What do you mean?

01:22:29You want me to be your boyfriend?

01:22:31Don't kid around about this.

01:22:32Wyatt's my friend.

01:22:33I'm not doing that to him.

01:22:35Then forget I said anything.

01:22:36Bye.

01:22:38I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.

01:22:42Men are all cut from the same cloth.

01:22:43They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.

01:22:48I slept great.

01:22:50Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like

01:22:57a cat.

01:22:58Then I picked up my phone.

01:23:00Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.

01:23:04He was a wreck.

01:23:10What does bi mean?

01:23:11Say what you mean.

01:23:12When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?

01:23:16I thought about it all night.

01:23:17I'm not saying no.

01:23:18Wyatt's my brother, but I'm nobody's side piece.

01:23:20You have to make this official.

01:23:21Are you there?

01:23:22It's late.

01:23:23Get some sleep.

01:23:23Good night.

01:23:24What do you mean?

01:23:25Forget it.

01:23:26Pretend I didn't say it.

01:23:27Just tell me straight.

01:23:27When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious, or were you just trying to get

01:23:31to him?

01:23:31I thought about it.

01:23:32It's not that we can't, but I'm not doing the secret thing.

01:23:35We're going to be together for real, the official kind.

01:23:38Why aren't you answering?

01:23:40Asleep?

01:23:40Or talking to some other guy?

01:23:42Fine.

01:23:42The secret thing is fine.

01:23:43I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.

01:23:48All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.

01:23:51I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.

01:23:54Good morning.

01:23:55Below it, a picture.

01:23:56It was a naked picture of him.

01:24:00I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.

01:24:03It was shot in the locker room.

01:24:04Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his

01:24:07elbow.

01:24:07I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright

01:24:10red, that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.

01:24:13Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.

01:24:15June, get down here.

01:24:17Who sent you these flowers?

01:24:18I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.

01:24:21A hundred at least.

01:24:22Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.

01:24:24I walked over slowly.

01:24:25Tanky, I thought.

01:24:26So tanky.

01:24:27A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.

01:24:31The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.

01:24:34An old necklace.

01:24:35Silver, covered in fine scratches, and inside, a tiny engraving, JW, 614.

01:24:40It was my 16th birthday present from my father.

01:24:43After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.

01:24:47An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.

01:24:50I counted the money and refused to cry.

01:24:52Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.

01:24:54I got the necklace.

01:24:56Send me your bank info.

01:24:58I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.

01:25:00I don't want money.

01:25:01I want you.

01:25:02I expected him to refuse the money.

01:25:04I didn't expect him to say it like that.

01:25:06No hesitation at all.

01:25:08Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.

01:25:10I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.

01:25:14I never got a second sentence out.

01:25:15The phone rang.

01:25:16Wyatt.

01:25:17Late party at the Sinclairs tonight, 7.

01:25:19Wear a sports bra.

01:25:21Don't show so much.

01:25:22It looks smaller that way better.

01:25:24Okay.

01:25:25I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging

01:25:28there for a year.

01:25:29I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.

01:25:32I got to the Sinclairs lake house.

01:25:34When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.

01:25:37Wyatt was mid-toast.

01:25:39He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.

01:25:41He set the glass down, crossed the room in three stripes, and pulled me into the corner by

01:25:45the stairs.

01:25:45What are you wearing?

01:25:46I told you to wear a sports bra.

01:25:48I didn't answer him.

01:25:49I looked past his shoulder into the house.

01:25:51Warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then out of nowhere I fell into a pair of

01:25:54eyes.

01:25:55Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.

01:25:57Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.

01:26:00Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.

01:26:02I don't know how long.

01:26:03My feet were nailed to the floor and my heart got louder with every beat.

01:26:06He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.

01:26:08His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets

01:26:12past.

01:26:12Was it him?

01:26:15One second of thinking and I was sure it wasn't.

01:26:18He's cold.

01:26:19Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.

01:26:22Three years I've known him and his mood is a poured concrete wall.

01:26:25He doesn't care about anything.

01:26:27He can get through a whole party without a word.

01:26:29I say hi and the best I get is a nod.

01:26:31On a good day, a hey.

01:26:33Every extra word looks like it costs him money.

01:26:34I'd always figured he hated me.

01:26:37June, are you hearing me?

01:26:39I snapped back.

01:26:40He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.

01:26:44Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.

01:26:46Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right, lights

01:26:50off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.

01:26:55I threw a basin of cold water on him.

01:26:57He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping and finally told me the truth.

01:27:05And he's like, oh, wow.

01:27:06He's like, oh, he didn't know.

01:27:06He could always say, oh, you know, good 기분.

01:27:06He's like, oh.

01:27:11We're like, oh, you know, I'm kind of wondering.

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