Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)

by Abby Jimenez

This year was going to be my villain origin story, I just knew it.

My God, she was beautiful. She was so beautiful it disarmed me. For a second I forgot what I was even doing there.

“That’s it,” I mumbled. “I’m giving up. I should just accept that I’m never having sex again. I’m canceling my bikini-wax appointments. Just gonna let the forest reclaim the land, succumb to my inner swamp witch.”

Amy’s mouth fell open. Walter buried his nose in his cup of beer, Gwen sucked air through her teeth, and Jewel whispered, “Damn. Double homicide,” under her breath.

I watched her walk to the door like I was watching the wrong ending of a movie I loved and knew by heart.

love you. I love you. I love you.”

“Use me,” he said, his eyes resigned. “Use me for whatever you want. Just stay.”