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Were his sweet, tender moments just to appease me, or did he genuinely want to console me?

I was going crazy trying to figure out this man.

But something about that smirk made me rethink these past few weeks with him.

Suddenly, it hit me like a ton of bricks.

Landon Greige was fucking playing with me.

He wasn’t sad, he wasn’t mad, and he certainly wasn’t waiting for me to change.

He just wanted me to be with him and was having fun watching me fumble like a fool trying to win him.

If he wanted to play, then so could I.

Bring it on, rogue boy.

Let’s see who will win.

CHAPTER 26

KATY

“You’re smiling.” Lily eyed me as she spooned the bone broth her husband insisted she have.

We girls were all sprawled in Emmie’s TV room, having a picnic on the floor while a random romcom played in the background. The room was big enough to host us all and more, with soft carpets, dark walls, comfortable couches, and a fully equipped TV system that could count as a small cinema.

“Maybe.” My fingers touched my lips.Was I?I was just thinking of ways to get back at Lan.

“And?” She raised a brow.

“And nothing,” I mumbled.

She sighed, finishing the last of her soup by drinking it straight from the bowl.

Evy groaned, twisting her back as she tried to find a comfortable position on the couch.

“Everything okay, E?” I asked while Sierra frowned at her.

“Ah.” Her brown eyes dashed to us, and she flushed. “Yeah.”

I grinned. I knew immediately what orwhomade her back ache. “Did Emmie go a little hard on you last night, Evy?”

Evy’s entire face matched the color of her blush-pink pajamas. “No, Jay and I slept like normal people last night.” It was a blatant lie.

Her Jay definitely did her last night.

She was the only person who called Emmie, Jay, but damn, did he love it.

“Katy, please,” Lily whined. “That’s my brother we are talking about.”

“But Li, Evy is in pain. I wonder what position it was. Maybe Lan and I could try it,” I teased. Not like Lan and I were currently doing any of that.

Evy threw a pillow in my face while Sierra burst out laughing.

Lily, on the other hand, glared at me before a sinister smirk curled her pink lips. “Sierra,” she drawled sweetly. “Did you and Matty have hot, steamy, sexy sex last night?”

That shut up Sierra’s giggles, and now it was her face that turned red. “Uhm,” she gaped. “Maybe.”