THIRD PERSON POV:

Ryder tried to speak with Bella, but she didn’t leave the closet until he was gone. She was too ashamed to come out. She didn’t want him to act out of pity for her because she believed she knew his kind—the bad boys who wouldn’t date a girl that wouldn’t have sex with him.

But she was mistaken.

He hated himself for not being able to control himself around her, and he had never had sex with a virgin.

The entire evening, she tried to keep ...