Chapter 317


    I’d f*****g messed up.


    I should have never dated ra. I should have never started something with her that I knew I wouldn’t


    be able to finish.


    Scarlett felt guilty; I could sense her guilt the entire drive back home to her house. I didn’t want to make


    her feel like this. But I also didn’t want to let her go. At least not yet. I knew one day I’d have to gain the


    strength to stay away from her, but I wasn’t ready for it yet. I needed more time with her. I was hoping


    that she would give it to me.


    “I’m sorry if I did something you weren’tfortable with.” I apologize. Even though I f*****g enjoyed


    every second of our time in my yacht, I would never touch her again if I knew that she didn’t want it


    also.


    She doesn’t answer me. Instead, she looks out the window at her house. We’d just pulled up to it.


    “I want to make it up to you.” I continue.


    “Carter,” she whispers. “Please stop.”


    It’s all she says to me before she opens the door and rushes back into her home.


    I clench my jaw as I watch her leave.


    f**k.


    I want to run after her.


    I want to speak to ra and tell her I was f*****g crazy about her sister. I wanted to beg her not to


    me Scarlett and put all me on me.


    However, I knew that I couldn’t. If I did, Scarlett would hate me for the rest of her life.


    I press my head against the steering wheel.


    What was the right move to make? How did I make this work between us?


    . . . . . .


    ~SCARLETT~


    The next day, my heart is full of memories of my night with Carter. I knew I told him that it was a


    mistake, but I couldn’t hide my true feelings, at least not when I felt like this. I haven’t left my bed since


    I woke up an hour ago.


    I’m smiling to myself when my sister barges into my room.


    The look of disbelief in her eyes immediately frightens me.


    “What’s wrong?” I ask her hesitantly.


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    “What is this?” She asks as she shows me her phone.


    I took one look at the picture in front of me and felt all of the blood leave my face.


    It was a picture of Carter and me on his yacht.


    Oh no.


    No, no, no.


    “ra, I can—”


    “I can’t believe this.” She whispers.


    “Wait, let me—”


    “Carter took you to his yacht! That’s amazing. I was right; he’s falling in love with you. He hasn’t done


    this for anyone before. You’re the first.”


    It took me a second to realize she was happy about those pictures. Why wasn’t she mad at me? When


    I came homest night, I never mentioned that I was with Carter.


    Why was she reacting like this? She should be mad at me. She should be upset. She should be


    disappointed in me. Why was she happy?


    I frown, “you’re not upset that I didn’t mention it to you?”


    She smiles, “You don’t have to report everything to me, Scarlett. I know that you’re already sacrificing


    so much for me. Of course, I’m not upset. I’m happy to know that my n is working. I can’t wait for the


    day Carter’s heart breaks like mine when I found out he was cheating on me.”


    I bit my lip hard.


    How could I break his heart when I was in love with him? If I broke his heart, I would also break mine.


    I couldn’t do this anymore. I couldn’t betray my sister like this, and I didn’t want to break Carter’s heart


    either.


    I had to stop this now before it was toote.


    I knew Carter would be at the academy today for reasons that didn’t have anything to do with sses.


    There was no reason to attend the academy today, but I knew I had to see him. I couldn’t risk him


    coming to my home again.


    “There is something I must do today,” I inform my sister. “I won’t be long. We can go out somewhere


    later, just the two of us.”


    Maybe tonight, I could find the strength to tell her what I’d done.


    After I said goodbye to my parents, I let our driver take me to the academy. It doesn’t take me long to


    get there. The second I’m out of the car, I’m already searching everywhere for Carter.


    I bit my lip when I saw him exiting the field. He must have just finished practice. He looks surprised to


    see me.


    He walks straight towards me without either of us saying a word to each other.


    I don’t waste any time pulling him into an empty ssroom.


    Before I can say anything, he grabs me by my waist, shoves me against the wall, and crashes his lips


    to mine. I gasp against his mouth. I didn’t think I would ever do something like this at the academy, but I


    couldn’t stop as I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back.


    He breaks the kiss to press his mouth against my neck, “I’m sorry, Scarlett,” he apologizes. “I have no


    control around you. I feel like kissing you every time I see you.”


    I fight back the tears as I push him away from me.


    “This has to stop Carter,” I tell him. “I can’t keep doing this, not when you dated ra. She’s my sister,


    and I’m breaking her trust every second I spend with you behind her back. She means everything to


    me, and even though we weren’t the closest in the past, she’s still my sister, my blood, and I can’t hurt


    her like this.”


    His eyes look devastated at my words. He knew exactly what I was trying to do.


    “No,” he immediately tries to stop me. “You can’t do this now. We’re in too deep, Scarlett.”


    “I have no other choice!” I exim. “I won’t do this anymore, so please, don’t make this harder. Stay as


    far away from me as possible. Don’t do things like this anymore. Let’s not speak to each other, I beg of


    you.”


    I was breaking my own heart with each word that came out of my mouth.


    “You can’t be serious about this.” He says in disbelief. “Afterst night, I thought things were good


    between us. I thought you were willing to give this a chance.”


    I shook my head, “those pictures today, ra saw them. She knows I was in that yacht with you, and I


    never said a single word to her about us. Thankfully, she didn’t think much of it, but I’m unwilling to take


    that risk again.”


    His eyes narrow, “I’ll remove every single one of those pictures, and I’ll find the people that leaked it; I


    will make them pay, I promise you.”


    “It wouldn’t change a single thing, don’t you get it?” I demand. “This is wrong. Us, it’s wrong.”


    He closes his eyes and turns away from me. I flinch when he ms his fist against the desk before him.


    He doesn’t say anything to me as he storms out of the ssroom.


    I fell back against a chair and buried my face in my hands. That was one of the hardest things I’d ever


    had to do.