He leaned down and bit my collarbone.
“You’re crazy!”
I tried to push him away, but he left one mark
after another on my skin.
I had to slap him.
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“Wake up!”
But he just looked at me sadly.
“I don’t believe you have a boyfriend.”
“If you do, tell him to come and punch me.”
I left his house with just one sentence.
“You are being unreasonable!”
I felt like Ethan had changed.
He had been sweet.
Now, I couldn’t understand him, and he
seemed kind of shady.
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Even the Ethan from my vision, who I always
fought with, wasn’t as hard to read as this.
Ethan was always around my house.
And so was Mark.
I didn’t know if I was imagining it, but it
seemed like Mark had a crush on my sister.
He showed up every day to chat with her.
It was barely fall, but I was already wearing
turtlenecks.
Mark saw me. “You’re sweating. Why don’t
you take off the turtleneck?”
Sarah started to laugh. “She’s hiding
something. Her boyfriend bit her. These
foreigners are wild I’m just worried my sister.
something. Her boyfriend bit her. These
foreigners are wild. I’m just worried my sister
can’t keep up.”
My face turned red.
Mark joked, “That’s good. If you’re good in
the bedroom, the relationship will last longer.”
I was so embarrassed that I wanted to
disappear.
Ethan laughed.
When Mark and my sister went out to the
patio to talk, he leaned over to me. “Did you
tell your sister I’m your boyfriend?”
My face burned, and I got angry.
“Bullshit! I forgot to lock the door when I was
changing, and she just happened to walk in. I
couldn’t say you kissed me, so I said it was
my boyfriend.”
When Mark came back inside, I took a step
back.
“What were you guys talking about?”
I looked out the window. “We were saying it
was a nice day for a walk.”
But Ethan said at the same time, “We said
her boyfriend is a good kisser.”
The tension was unbelievable.
I glared at Ethan, and he added, “And we
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were talking about taking a walk. We should
go now. A little sun would do Sarah good.”
I walked in front with my sister.
Ethan and Mark talked in the back.
A few seconds later, Mark gasped.
Sarah and I turned around at the same time.
Mark was giving me a thumbs up.
He came over and said I should rest, and he’d
hang out with my sister.
So, I ended up walking with Ethan.
I couldn’t stand it anymore. “What were you
talking about back there?”
“You’re curious?”
“Yeah.”
“I told Mark I’m your boyfriend, and I’m the
one who gave you those marks.”
I felt like I was on fire.
“Why would you say that?”
“I’m telling the truth. You really think you can
hide anything from your sister? She asked
you to walk me home that night. And she can
see your socials. I think your sister knows you
don’t have a boyfriend.”
I didn’t know what to say.
He was right.
Ethan sighed. “And Sarah sent me a
message.”
He held up his phone.
Sarah had texted him, “Are you a dog? You marked Ashley up so badly! There’s an artery
in her neck! You can kiss her, but never kiss
her neck again.”
And Ethan replied, “Okay, I’ll be more gentle
next time.”
