“One of the girls he toys with. He tells you you’re special, right? That he’s single? Lies. All of it. No matter what he does, he loves me. I’m the one he calls at night. You’re nothing but a temporary distraction. He’ll dump you like he dumps all of them.”

The friends snicker. “Yeah, seriously,” the blonde one says. “Why would he want some shy little nobody when he has Laurel?”

“Back off, Skye,” the other adds, her tone mocking. “Before you embarrass yourself ...