So Wrong (Boys of South Chapel, #1)

by Abby Millsaps

no one has to choose.

Oh it’s like that! Okay 👌

Greedy

Oh. Greedy and Hunter are step-siblings? How long did they live in the same house?

Greedy brought us together, his best friend and his girl. For that one magical summer, the three of us were inseparable.

Levi’s kept my secret safe after all this time.

With the hook! I’m already completely invested.

parents’ nasty

Okay so if the divorce is her senior year, that means Greedy didn’t grow up as her brother. 😅 whew!

Part of that is because of what happened. Part of that is my fault. Something broke inside me when Hunter left. I didn’t have it in me to make the effort. But he changed, too.

and knows my darkest secrets,

And I’m really not ready to confess what happens on the darkest nights, when there’s no moon in the sky or hope left in my personal well.

“He doesn’t know,” I whisper. I choke back a sob at the thought of the secret I’ve held tight to for three years. “I don’t ever want him to know.”

she never made the effort to meet up.

Flaky mom. Boo. Also evidenced by her photo requirement.

My mother is a narcissist.

Well damn

But again, his dad knows nothing about why his son carries an epic grudge against my mom.

The guilt and shame I felt for picking sides and not being there for Greedy forced me to cut ties with him, too.

I am so invested in this drama!

We lost touch, and not from lack of trying on my end. Once he took off for California, Levi sort of slow faded from my life. It hurt, but mourning our friendship took a back seat to my efforts to piece together the details of Hunter’s disappearance and her refusal to return my calls and texts. “Look, G,

“Don’t catch real feelings for Hunter,” I warn him. Then, before he can interject, I add, “She’s mine.”

“She’s mine,” I repeat, my voice thick and solemn this time. “And she knows it. She might not be ready to admit it, but she fucking knows it.” His glare holds more of a challenge than I expected. Softer, I add, “It was only ever her, Leev.”

Those stinkers.

❤️

“Be my girl,” he says.

His tone brooks no argument.

While I’ve been around plenty of parental figures like that, not a single pastor (and I’ve met an excessive number of Southern pastors) were that pushy. Most were kind and encouraging.

Dukey?”

🤣🤣🤣

“And please don’t ever say fornicate to me again.”

🤣🤣🤣

“I read four or five romance books a week,” she declares,

Yes! 📚 🐉

“And saying someone is crazy or insane is ableist. Mental health isn’t a joke.”

1. agreed. 2. Did she have a mental breakdown that summer?

She doesn’t talk about the in-between: Where she went. Where I helped her go.

In this moment, I make a promise to myself. I’ll be the man who lightens her load. The person who pays attention. Notices when she needs a break. Gives her an excuse to let loose.

Flovely.

🩷

“No wrong moves, Temi. You’re my first and my last. I never knew what I was waiting for, but now I know it was you.”

Naturally, I do it again.

❤️😂

Brat Mode activated.

Yeeess! 😈

like to it.”

like it.

He knows how I feel about her. He knows how I hate her in every sense of the word.

Magnolia St. Clair-Ferguson has the ability to unravel the one person I care most about in this world. That’s why I hate her.

I’m not calling this game. I’m running defense with an outdated playbook.

I can’t ever get to her fast enough to warn her. To protect her. To be what she needs when she needs it. I’ve never been enough.

Oh, Greedy. You’re breaking my heart!

inspires goose bumps

Nice writing!

Temi— There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you. There isn’t anything I couldn’t love you through.

😭😭😭

He’ll eventually move on, and his life will be categorically better without me.