June

My teeth gnaw nervously at the end of my pen as Scott drones on about the quarterly report. I’m not hearing a word—at least, not in the way he expects. My mind is too busy plotting.

If Scott would just shut up for five minutes, I could rush out, find Tobias, and start phase one of my so-called “relationship.” A fake relationship, obviously. The goal? Make Hermes Grande regret everything. Make him jealous, confused, and hopefully so miserable that he finally confesses whatever it ...