LOUIS POV

So far, Katrina’s little plan worked pretty well.

I have to hand it to her—when she wants something, she goes all in, no hesitation. But she isn’t as smart as she thinks she is. She’s impulsive, hot-headed, and her obsession with Xavier clouds her better judgment. That’s where I come in.

The boy—Xavier—well, he turned out to be more gullible than even I expected. Almost laughably so. A few carefully planted seeds, a few staged pictures, and suddenly Melissa, ...