Unbroken Rules (Rules 3)

But then why are they here together acting like nothing happened? Why are they still friends? I thought Kendrick would’ve cut his dick off by now.

Will doesn’t say a word, throws a shot back so he doesn’t have to answer, and sends me a killer look. The questions get dumber and dumber as the minutes pass. The shots keep coming. So do the giggle sessions. And, for a second there, I even catch myself having some fun.

Then Caleb’s turn comes.

“Never have I ever…” He pauses, his eyes set on me. Part of me wants him to spit it out, to get it over with already, but the other dreads what he’s going to say. He clears his throat, sits straight, and drops the bomb. “Lied to my partner about my past with someone.”

No one drinks.

Not a single soul.

I don’t have the guts to turn around to witness Haze’s reaction, but I know from the way his hold around me grows firmer that it can’t be a good one. The others have no idea how awkward this is. To them, this is just another Never Have I Ever, but Haze’s already suspicious of something and the suggestion in Caleb’s tone was unmissable.

I glare at my ex-best friend. What kind a sick game is he playing? Why is the guy who picked me up at the airport claiming to have been over it trying to put me on the spot?

“Next.” I clear my throat. “Who wants to go?”

“I’ll go,” Will says, and the look he gives me says it all.

Oh, it’s payback time.

He takes the luckiest of guesses, probably because he noticed how Caleb was staring at me, and proceeds to ruin my life, “Never have I ever kissed someone in this room.”

Allie offers Haze and me what I like to call an Allie wink, meaning that she closes both eyes at the same time—yeah, that’s her thing; she could never wink—convinced that this one is for us. Man do I wish it was.

Haze drinks.

I drink.

And finally… Caleb drinks.

That’s how I know I’m screwed.

Haze immediately tenses up, staring at Allie. He’s probably waiting for her to say, “Oh, right, I remember that one time,” since Caleb sure as hell didn’t make out with Will, but I know she won’t tell him what he wants to hear.

Because she never kissed him.

I did.

“What are you talking about?” Allie frowns. “We never…” She pauses, realization punching her in the face. She looks at me with widened eyes. “What? When?”

“What the fuck?” Haze gets up from the couch before I can blink.

Shit.

He frowns. “Were you two together or something?”

I rise up. “We… I…” Winter, English, damn it.

Caleb jumps up, too. “You didn’t tell him? Seriously?”

“Caleb, shut the hell up,” Allie snaps.

Haze’s face collapses as he turns to me. “Wait, did you… Did you sleep with him?”

The hurt in his voice daggers me straight in the heart.

I can’t speak.