~Ava's POV~

The beach trip ended with more laughter than scandal, thankfully. Charlotte and Tristan gave us hell all the way back endless teasing, side-eyes, and dramatic sighs whenever Logan and I so much as held hands.

But we took it in stride. After all, we had survived an awkward walk-of-shame level encounter. Everything else felt like background noise.

When we pulled into the driveway of our apartment complex, Charlotte and Tristan practically jumped out of the car, muttering ...