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00:00:04Time.
00:00:05I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.
00:00:08I never got a second sentence out.
00:00:10The phone rang.
00:00:11Wyatt.
00:00:12Late party at the Sinclair's tonight, 7.
00:00:14Wear a sports bra.
00:00:16Don't show so much.
00:00:17It looks smaller that way better.
00:00:19Okay.
00:00:20I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging
00:00:23there for a year.
00:00:24I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.
00:00:27I got to the Sinclair's lake house.
00:00:29When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.
00:00:32Wyatt was mid-toast.
00:00:33He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.
00:00:36He set the glass down, crossed the room in three stripes, and pulled me into the corner
00:00:39by the stairs.
00:00:40What are you wearing?
00:00:41I told you to wear a sports bra.
00:00:43I didn't answer him.
00:00:44I looked past his shoulder into the house.
00:00:45Warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then out of nowhere I fell into a pair of
00:00:49eyes.
00:00:50Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.
00:00:51Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.
00:00:55Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.
00:00:57I don't know how long.
00:00:58My feet were nailed to the floor, and my heart got louder with every beat.
00:01:01He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.
00:01:03His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then we were fooling around, and I pushed
00:01:08my boyfriend's head into my chest.
00:01:10He passed out.
00:01:11When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.
00:01:15Get those taken down.
00:01:16Looking at them makes me sick.
00:01:18That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.
00:01:20Don't listen to him.
00:01:21My name's June.
00:01:22I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend.
00:01:25Mustard's wide receiver.
00:01:26That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.
00:01:29Why not just break up with him?
00:01:31Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.
00:01:34To my face, he said,
00:01:35My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.
00:01:37Here's $100,000.
00:01:38Just book the surgery.
00:01:39Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.
00:01:42So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse, I decided the best
00:01:47revenge was to beat him to the cheating.
00:01:50Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever
00:01:53seen.
00:01:54Bio, under 10k followers.
00:01:55Looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.
00:01:5930 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.
00:02:01My inbox blew up.
00:02:03Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.
00:02:05One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.
00:02:08But one message stood out.
00:02:09Aren't you already taken?
00:02:11How does this guy know I'm not single?
00:02:13I opened his profile.
00:02:14Same city as me.
00:02:16Pitch black avatar.
00:02:17Zero posts.
00:02:18His bio was one line.
00:02:20Patience pays off.
00:02:21It rattled me.
00:02:22This person definitely knows me.
00:02:24God, please don't let it be Wyatt.
00:02:27That would blow up my whole plan.
00:02:29I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.
00:02:33Okay, definitely not Wyatt.
00:02:35But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.
00:02:39So who?
00:02:40I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.
00:02:43Scrolling up, I found it.
00:02:44He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.
00:02:48Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.
00:02:51This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.
00:02:53Was he into me?
00:02:57Who is this?
00:02:58Somebody I know?
00:02:59The chat went quiet for a full 10 minutes.
00:03:01I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.
00:03:04A silent tell of his hesitation.
00:03:12What do you mean?
00:03:14You want me to be your boyfriend?
00:03:16Don't kid around about this.
00:03:17Wyatt's my friend.
00:03:18I'm not doing that to him.
00:03:20Then forget I said anything.
00:03:21Bye.
00:03:23I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.
00:03:26Men are all cut from the same cloth.
00:03:28They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.
00:03:33I slept great.
00:03:35Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like a cat.
00:03:43Then I picked up my phone.
00:03:45Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.
00:03:49He was a wreck.
00:03:56What does bi mean?
00:03:57Say what you mean.
00:03:58When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?
00:04:02I thought about it all night.
00:04:03I'm not saying no.
00:04:04Wyatt's my brother, but I'm nobody's side piece.
00:04:06You have to make this official.
00:04:07Are you there?
00:04:08It's late.
00:04:09Get some sleep.
00:04:09Good night.
00:04:10What do you mean?
00:04:11Forget it.
00:04:12Pretend I didn't say it.
00:04:13Just tell me straight.
00:04:13When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious or were you just trying to get to him?
00:04:17I thought about it.
00:04:18It's not that we can't, but I'm not doing the secret thing.
00:04:21We're going to be together for real, the official kind.
00:04:24Why aren't you answering?
00:04:26Asleep?
00:04:26Or talking to some other guy?
00:04:28Fine.
00:04:28The secret thing is fine.
00:04:29I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.
00:04:34All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.
00:04:37I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.
00:04:40Good morning.
00:04:41Below it, a picture.
00:04:42It was a naked picture of him.
00:04:46I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.
00:04:49It was shot in the locker room.
00:04:49Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his elbow.
00:04:53I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright red,
00:04:57that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.
00:04:59Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.
00:05:01Dude, get down here.
00:05:03Who sent you these flowers?
00:05:04I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.
00:05:07A hundred at least.
00:05:08Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.
00:05:10I walked over slowly.
00:05:11Tanky, I thought.
00:05:12So tanky.
00:05:13A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.
00:05:17The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.
00:05:20An old necklace.
00:05:21Silver, covered in fine scratches, and inside, a tiny engraving, JW, 614.
00:05:26It was my 16th birthday present from my father.
00:05:29After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.
00:05:33An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.
00:05:36I counted the money and refused to cry.
00:05:38Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.
00:05:40I got the necklace.
00:05:42Send me your bank info.
00:05:43I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.
00:05:46I don't want money.
00:05:47I want you.
00:05:48I expected him to refuse the money.
00:05:50I didn't expect him to say it like that.
00:05:52No hesitation at all.
00:05:54Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.
00:05:56I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.
00:05:59I never got a second sentence out.
00:06:01The phone rang.
00:06:02Wyatt.
00:06:03Late party at the Sinclair's tonight, Seven.
00:06:05Wear a sports bra.
00:06:07Don't show so much.
00:06:08It looks smaller that way better.
00:06:10Okay.
00:06:11I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging
00:06:14there for a year.
00:06:15I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.
00:06:18I got to the Sinclair's lake house.
00:06:20When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.
00:06:23Wyatt was mid-toast.
00:06:25He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.
00:06:27He set the glass down, crossed the room in three stripes, and pulled me into the corner
00:06:30by the stairs.
00:06:31What are you wearing?
00:06:32Hey, I told you to wear a sports bra.
00:06:34I didn't answer him.
00:06:35I looked past his shoulder into the house.
00:06:37Warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then out of nowhere I fell into a pair of
00:06:40eyes.
00:06:41Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.
00:06:43Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.
00:06:46Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.
00:06:48I don't know how long.
00:06:49My feet were nailed to the floor, and my heart got louder with every beat.
00:06:52He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.
00:06:54His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets past.
00:06:58Was it him?
00:07:01One second of thinking, and I was sure it wasn't.
00:07:04He's cold.
00:07:05Nothing, and nobody gets a reaction out of him.
00:07:08Three years I've known him, and his mood is a poured concrete wall.
00:07:11He doesn't care about anything.
00:07:13He can get through a whole party without a word.
00:07:15I say hi, and the best I get is a nod.
00:07:17On a good day, a hey.
00:07:19Every extra word looks like it costs him money.
00:07:21I'd always figured he hated me.
00:07:23June, are you hearing me?
00:07:25I snapped back, stepped half a pace forward, and straightened up.
00:07:29His face went white.
00:07:30He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.
00:07:33Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.
00:07:36Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right.
00:07:39Lights off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.
00:07:44I threw a basin of cold water on him.
00:07:47He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.
00:07:57We were fooling around, and I pushed my boyfriend's head into my chest.
00:08:01He passed out.
00:08:03When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.
00:08:07Get those taken down.
00:08:08Looking at them makes me sick.
00:08:10That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.
00:08:12Don't listen to him.
00:08:13My name's June.
00:08:14I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend.
00:08:16Mustard's wide receiver.
00:08:18That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.
00:08:21Why not just break up with him?
00:08:22Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.
00:08:26To my face, he said,
00:08:27My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.
00:08:28Here's a hundred grand.
00:08:29Just book the surgery.
00:08:30Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.
00:08:34So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse,
00:08:38I decided the best revenge was to beat him to the cheating.
00:08:41Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.
00:08:46Bio, under 10k followers, looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.
00:08:5030 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.
00:08:53My inbox blew up.
00:08:55Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.
00:08:57One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.
00:08:59But one message stood out.
00:09:01Aren't you already taken?
00:09:03How does this guy know I'm not single?
00:09:05I opened his profile.
00:09:06Same city as me.
00:09:08Pitch black avatar.
00:09:09Zero posts.
00:09:10His bio was one line.
00:09:12Patience pays off.
00:09:13It rattled me.
00:09:14This person definitely knows me.
00:09:16God, please don't let it be Wyatt.
00:09:19That would blow up my whole plan.
00:09:21I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.
00:09:25Okay, definitely not Wyatt.
00:09:27But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.
00:09:30So who?
00:09:31I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.
00:09:35Scrolling up, I found it.
00:09:36He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.
00:09:40Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.
00:09:42This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.
00:09:45Was he into me?
00:09:49Who is this?
00:09:50Somebody I know?
00:09:51The chat went quiet for a full ten minutes.
00:09:53I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.
00:09:56A silent tell of his hesitation.
00:10:04What do you mean?
00:10:06You want me to be your boyfriend?
00:10:08Don't kid around about this.
00:10:09Wyatt's my friend.
00:10:10I'm not doing that to him.
00:10:12Then forget I said anything.
00:10:13Bye.
00:10:14I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.
00:10:18Men are all cut from the same cloth.
00:10:20They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.
00:10:25I slept great.
00:10:27Woke up the next morning.
00:10:29Did my face.
00:10:30Made coffee.
00:10:32Stood in the window and stretched like a cat.
00:10:35Then I picked up my phone.
00:10:37Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.
00:10:40He was a wreck.
00:10:48What does bi mean?
00:10:49Say what you mean.
00:10:50When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?
00:10:53I thought about it all night.
00:10:55I'm not saying no.
00:10:56Wyatt's my brother.
00:10:57But I'm nobody's side piece.
00:10:58You have to make this official.
00:10:59Are you there?
00:11:00It's late.
00:11:00Get some sleep.
00:11:01Good night.
00:11:02What do you mean?
00:11:03Forget it.
00:11:03Pretend I didn't say it.
00:11:05Just tell me straight.
00:11:05When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious?
00:11:08Or were you just trying to get to him?
00:11:09I thought about it.
00:11:10It's not that we can't.
00:11:11But I'm not doing the secret thing.
00:11:13We're going to be together for real.
00:11:15The official kind.
00:11:16Why aren't you answering?
00:11:18Asleep?
00:11:18Or talking to some other guy?
00:11:20Fine.
00:11:20The secret thing is fine.
00:11:21I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud.
00:11:24Then sent him a heart.
00:11:26All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.
00:11:29I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.
00:11:32Good morning.
00:11:32Below it, a picture.
00:11:34It was a naked picture of him.
00:11:38I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.
00:11:40It was shot in the locker room.
00:11:41Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his
00:11:45elbow.
00:11:45I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright
00:11:48red, that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.
00:11:51Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.
00:11:53June, get down here.
00:11:54Who sent you these flowers?
00:11:55I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.
00:11:59A hundred at least.
00:12:00Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.
00:12:02I walked over slowly.
00:12:03Tanky, I thought.
00:12:04So tanky.
00:12:05A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.
00:12:09The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.
00:12:12An old necklace.
00:12:13Silver, covered in fine scratches, and inside, a tiny engraving, JW, 614.
00:12:18It was my 16th birthday present from my father.
00:12:21After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.
00:12:24An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.
00:12:28I counted the money and refused to cry.
00:12:30Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.
00:12:32I got the necklace.
00:12:34Send me your bank info.
00:12:35I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.
00:12:38I don't want money.
00:12:39I want you.
00:12:40I expected him to refuse the money.
00:12:42I didn't expect him to say it like that.
00:12:44No hesitation at all.
00:12:46Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.
00:12:48I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.
00:12:51I never got a second sentence out.
00:12:53The phone rang.
00:12:54Wyatt.
00:12:55Lake party at the Sinclair's tonight, Seven.
00:12:57Wear a sports bra.
00:12:59Don't show so much.
00:13:00It looks smaller that way better.
00:13:02Okay.
00:13:03I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging
00:13:06there for a year.
00:13:07I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.
00:13:10I got to the Sinclair's lake house.
00:13:12When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.
00:13:15Wyatt was mid-toast.
00:13:16He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.
00:13:19He set the glass down, crossed the room in three stripes, and pulled me into the corner
00:13:22by the stairs.
00:13:23What are you wearing?
00:13:24I told you to wear a sports bra.
00:13:26I didn't answer him.
00:13:27I looked past his shoulder into the house.
00:13:28Warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then out of nowhere I fell into a pair of
00:13:32eyes.
00:13:32Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.
00:13:34Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.
00:13:38Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.
00:13:40I don't know how long.
00:13:41My feet were nailed to the floor and my heart got louder with every beat.
00:13:44He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.
00:13:46His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets past.
00:13:50Was it him?
00:13:53One second of thinking and I was sure it wasn't.
00:13:56He's cold.
00:13:57Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.
00:14:00Three years I've known him and his mood is a poured concrete wall.
00:14:02He doesn't care about anything.
00:14:05He can get through a whole party without a word.
00:14:07I say hi and the best I get is a nod.
00:14:09On a good day, a hey.
00:14:11Every extra word looks like it costs him money.
00:14:13I'd always figured he hated me.
00:14:15June, are you hearing me?
00:14:17I snapped back, stepped half a pace forward, and straightened up.
00:14:21His face went white.
00:14:22He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.
00:14:25Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.
00:14:27Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors.
00:14:29Everything going right.
00:14:30Lights off.
00:14:31And the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.
00:14:36I threw a basin of cold water on him.
00:14:39He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping and finally told me the truth.
00:14:49We were fooling around, and I pushed my boyfriend's head into my chest.
00:14:53He passed out.
00:14:55When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.
00:14:59Get those taken down.
00:15:00Looking at them makes me sick.
00:15:02That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.
00:15:04Don't listen to him.
00:15:05My name's June.
00:15:06I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend.
00:15:08Musters' wide receiver.
00:15:10That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.
00:15:13Why not just break up with him?
00:15:14Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.
00:15:18To my face, he said,
00:15:18My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.
00:15:20Here's a hundred grand.
00:15:21Just book the surgery.
00:15:22Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.
00:15:26So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse,
00:15:30I decided the best revenge was to beat him to the cheating.
00:15:33Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.
00:15:38Bio, under 10K followers.
00:15:39Looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.
00:15:4230 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.
00:15:45My inbox blew up.
00:15:47Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.
00:15:49One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.
00:15:51But one message stood out.
00:15:52Aren't you already taken?
00:15:55How does this guy know I'm not single?
00:15:57I opened his profile.
00:15:58Same city as me.
00:15:59Pitch black avatar.
00:16:01Zero posts.
00:16:01His bio was one line.
00:16:03Patience pays off.
00:16:05It rattled me.
00:16:06This person definitely knows me.
00:16:08God, please don't let it be Wyatt.
00:16:11That would blow up my whole plan.
00:16:13I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.
00:16:17Okay, definitely not Wyatt.
00:16:19But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.
00:16:22So who?
00:16:23I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.
00:16:27Scrolling up, I found it.
00:16:28He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.
00:16:31Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.
00:16:34This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.
00:16:37Was he into me?
00:16:40Who is this?
00:16:42Somebody I know?
00:16:42The chat went quiet for a full ten minutes.
00:16:45I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.
00:16:48A silent tell of his hesitation.
00:16:56What do you mean?
00:16:58You want me to be your boyfriend?
00:16:59Don't kid around about this.
00:17:01Wyatt's my friend.
00:17:02I'm not doing that to him.
00:17:03Then forget I said anything.
00:17:05Bye.
00:17:06I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.
00:17:10Men are all cut from the same cloth.
00:17:12They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.
00:17:17I slept great.
00:17:19Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like
00:17:25a cat.
00:17:26Then I picked up my phone.
00:17:28Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.
00:17:32He was a wreck.
00:17:39What does bi mean?
00:17:41Say what you mean.
00:17:42When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?
00:17:45I thought about it all night.
00:17:47I'm not saying no.
00:17:48Wyatt's my brother, but I'm nobody's side piece.
00:17:50You have to make this official.
00:17:51Are you there?
00:17:52It's late.
00:17:52Get some sleep.
00:17:53Good night.
00:17:54What do you mean?
00:17:55Forget it.
00:17:55Pretend I didn't say it.
00:17:57Just tell me straight.
00:17:57When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious, or were you just trying to get
00:18:00to him?
00:18:01I thought about it.
00:18:02It's not that we can't.
00:18:03But I'm not doing the secret thing.
00:18:05We're going to be together for real.
00:18:06The official kind.
00:18:08Why aren't you answering?
00:18:10Asleep?
00:18:10Or talking to some other guy?
00:18:11Fine.
00:18:12The secret thing is fine.
00:18:13I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.
00:18:18All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.
00:18:20I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.
00:18:24Good morning.
00:18:24Below it, a picture.
00:18:26It was a naked picture of him.
00:18:29I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.
00:18:32It was shot in the locker room.
00:18:33Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his elbow.
00:18:37I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright
00:18:40red, that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.
00:18:43Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.
00:18:45June!
00:18:46Get down here!
00:18:46Who sent you these flowers?
00:18:47I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.
00:18:51A hundred at least.
00:18:52Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.
00:18:54I walked over slowly.
00:18:55Tanky, I thought.
00:18:56So tanky.
00:18:57A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.
00:19:01The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.
00:19:04An old necklace.
00:19:05Silver.
00:19:05Covered in fine scratches.
00:19:07And inside, a tiny engraving.
00:19:08JW.
00:19:09614.
00:19:10It was my 16th birthday present from my father.
00:19:13After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.
00:19:17An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.
00:19:20I counted the money and refused to cry.
00:19:22Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.
00:19:24I got the necklace.
00:19:26Send me your bank info.
00:19:27I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.
00:19:30I don't want money.
00:19:31I want you.
00:19:32I expected him to refuse the money.
00:19:34I didn't expect him to say it like that.
00:19:36No hesitation at all.
00:19:37Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.
00:19:40I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.
00:19:43I never got a second sentence out.
00:19:45The phone rang.
00:19:46Wyatt.
00:19:47Late party at the Sinclair's tonight, Seven.
00:19:49Wear a sports bra.
00:19:51Don't show so much.
00:19:52You look smaller that way better.
00:19:54Okay.
00:19:54I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging there for a
00:19:59year.
00:19:59I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.
00:20:02I got to the Sinclair's lake house.
00:20:04When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.
00:20:07Wyatt was mid-toast.
00:20:08He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.
00:20:11He set the glass down, crossed the room in three strikes, and pulled me into the corner by the stairs.
00:20:15What are you wearing?
00:20:16I told you to wear a sports bra.
00:20:18I didn't answer him.
00:20:19I looked past his shoulder into the house.
00:20:20Warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then out of nowhere I fell into a pair of eyes.
00:20:24Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.
00:20:26Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.
00:20:30Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.
00:20:32I don't know how long.
00:20:33My feet were nailed to the floor and my heart got louder with every beat.
00:20:36He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.
00:20:38His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets past.
00:20:42Was it him?
00:20:45One second of thinking and I was sure it wasn't.
00:20:48He's cold.
00:20:49Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.
00:20:52Three years I've known him and his mood is a poured concrete wall.
00:20:55He doesn't care about anything.
00:20:56He can get through a whole party without a word.
00:20:59I say hi, and the best I get is a nod.
00:21:01On a good day, a hey.
00:21:02Every extra word looks like it costs him money.
00:21:05I'd always figured he hated me.
00:21:07June, are you hearing me?
00:21:09I snapped back, stepped half a pace forward, and straightened up.
00:21:12His face went white.
00:21:13He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.
00:21:16Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.
00:21:19Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right.
00:21:22Lights off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.
00:21:28I threw a basin of cold water on him.
00:21:30He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.
00:21:41We were fooling around, and I pushed my boyfriend's head into my chest.
00:21:45He passed out.
00:21:47When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.
00:21:51Get those taken down.
00:21:52Looking at them makes me sick.
00:21:54That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.
00:21:56Don't listen to him.
00:21:57My name's June.
00:21:58I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend.
00:22:00Mustard's wide receiver.
00:22:02That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.
00:22:05Why not just break up with him?
00:22:06Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.
00:22:09To my face, he said,
00:22:10My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.
00:22:12Here's $100,000.
00:22:13Just book the surgery.
00:22:14Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.
00:22:18So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse, I decided the best revenge was
00:22:24to beat him to the cheating.
00:22:25Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.
00:22:29Bio, under 10k followers.
00:22:31Looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.
00:22:3430 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.
00:22:37My inbox blew up.
00:22:39Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.
00:22:41One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.
00:22:43But one message stood out.
00:22:44Aren't you already taken?
00:22:47How does this guy know I'm not single?
00:22:49I opened his profile.
00:22:50Same city as me.
00:22:51Pitch black avatar.
00:22:52Zero posts.
00:22:54His bio was one line.
00:22:55Patience pays off.
00:22:57It rattled me.
00:22:58This person definitely knows me.
00:23:00God, please don't let it be Wyatt.
00:23:03That would blow up my whole plan.
00:23:05I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.
00:23:09Okay, definitely not Wyatt.
00:23:11But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.
00:23:14So who?
00:23:15I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.
00:23:19Scrolling up, I found it.
00:23:20He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.
00:23:23Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.
00:23:26This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.
00:23:29Was he into me?
00:23:32Who is this?
00:23:33Somebody I know?
00:23:34The chat went quiet for a full 10 minutes.
00:23:37I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.
00:23:40A silent tell of his hesitation.
00:23:48What do you mean?
00:23:50You want me to be your boyfriend?
00:23:51Don't kid around about this.
00:23:53Wyatt's my friend.
00:23:54I'm not doing that to him.
00:23:55Then forget I said anything.
00:23:57Bye.
00:23:58I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.
00:24:02Men are all cut from the same cloth.
00:24:04They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.
00:24:09I slept great.
00:24:11Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like a cat.
00:24:18Then I picked up my phone.
00:24:20Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.
00:24:24He was a wreck.
00:24:31What does bi mean?
00:24:33Say what you mean.
00:24:34When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?
00:24:37I thought about it all night.
00:24:38I'm not saying no.
00:24:40Wyatt's my brother, but I'm nobody's side piece.
00:24:42You have to make this official.
00:24:43Are you there?
00:24:43It's late.
00:24:44Get some sleep.
00:24:45Good night.
00:24:46What do you mean?
00:24:47Forget it.
00:24:47Pretend I didn't say it.
00:24:48Just tell me straight.
00:24:49When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious or were you just trying to get to him?
00:24:53I thought about it.
00:24:54It's not that we can't, but I'm not doing the secret thing.
00:24:57We're going to be together for real, the official kind.
00:25:00Why aren't you answering?
00:25:01Asleep?
00:25:02Or talking to some other guy?
00:25:03Fine.
00:25:04The secret thing is fine.
00:25:05I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.
00:25:10All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.
00:25:12I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.
00:25:15Good morning.
00:25:16Below it, a picture.
00:25:18It was a naked picture of him.
00:25:21I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.
00:25:24It was shot in the locker room.
00:25:25Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his elbow.
00:25:29I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright red,
00:25:32that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.
00:25:35Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.
00:25:37June, get down here.
00:25:38Who sent you these flowers?
00:25:39I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.
00:25:43A hundred at least.
00:25:44Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.
00:25:46I walked over slowly.
00:25:47Tanky, I thought.
00:25:48So tanky.
00:25:49A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.
00:25:53The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.
00:25:55An old necklace.
00:25:57Silver, covered in fine scratches, and inside, a tiny engraving, JW, 614.
00:26:02It was my 16th birthday present from my father.
00:26:04After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.
00:26:08An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.
00:26:12I counted the money and refused to cry.
00:26:14Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.
00:26:16I got the necklace.
00:26:18Send me your bank info.
00:26:19I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.
00:26:21I don't want money.
00:26:22I want you.
00:26:24I expected him to refuse the money.
00:26:26I didn't expect him to say it like that.
00:26:28No hesitation at all.
00:26:29Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.
00:26:32I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.
00:26:35I never got a second sentence out.
00:26:37The phone rang.
00:26:38Wyatt.
00:26:39Late party at the Sinclair's tonight, Seven.
00:26:41Wear a sports bra.
00:26:42Don't show so much.
00:26:44It looks smaller that way better.
00:26:46Okay.
00:26:46I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging
00:26:50there for a year.
00:26:51I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.
00:26:54I got to the Sinclair's lake house.
00:26:56When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.
00:26:59Wyatt was mid-toast.
00:27:00He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.
00:27:03He set the glass down, crossed the room, in three stripes, and pulled me into the corner by the stairs.
00:27:07What are you wearing?
00:27:08I told you to wear a sports bra.
00:27:09I didn't answer him.
00:27:11I looked past his shoulder into the house, warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and
00:27:14then out of nowhere, I fell into a pair of eyes.
00:27:16Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.
00:27:18Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.
00:27:22Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.
00:27:24I don't know how long.
00:27:25My feet were nailed to the floor and my heart got louder with every beat.
00:27:27He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.
00:27:30His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets past.
00:27:34Was it him?
00:27:37One second of thinking and I was sure it wasn't.
00:27:40He's cold.
00:27:41Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.
00:27:43Three years I've known him and his mood is a poured concrete wall.
00:27:47He doesn't care about anything.
00:27:48He can get through a whole party without a word.
00:27:51I say hi, and the best I get is a nod.
00:27:53On a good day, a hey.
00:27:54Every extra word looks like it costs him money.
00:27:56I'd always figured he hated me.
00:27:59June, are you hearing me?
00:28:01I snapped back, stepped half a pace forward, and straightened up.
00:28:04His face went white.
00:28:05He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.
00:28:08Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.
00:28:11Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right.
00:28:14Lights off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.
00:28:20I threw a basin of cold water on him.
00:28:22He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.
00:28:33We were fooling around, and I pushed my boyfriend's head into my chest.
00:28:37He passed out.
00:28:39When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.
00:28:43Get those taken down.
00:28:44Looking at them makes me sick.
00:28:45That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.
00:28:48Don't listen to him.
00:28:49My name's June.
00:28:50I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend, muster's wide receiver.
00:28:53That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.
00:28:56Why not just break up with him?
00:28:58Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.
00:29:01To my face, he said,
00:29:02My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.
00:29:04Here's $100,000.
00:29:05Just book the surgery.
00:29:06Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.
00:29:09So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse, I decided the best
00:29:15revenge was to beat him to the cheating.
00:29:17Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever
00:29:21seen.
00:29:21Bio, under 10k followers.
00:29:23Looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.
00:29:2630 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.
00:29:29My inbox blew up.
00:29:30Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.
00:29:33One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.
00:29:35But one message stood out.
00:29:36Aren't you already taken?
00:29:38How does this guy know I'm not single?
00:29:40I opened his profile.
00:29:42Same city as me.
00:29:43Pitch black avatar.
00:29:44Zero posts.
00:29:45His bio was one line.
00:29:47Patience pays off.
00:29:49It rattled me.
00:29:50This person definitely knows me.
00:29:52God, please don't let it be Wyatt.
00:29:55That would blow up my whole plan.
00:29:57I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.
00:30:01Okay, definitely not Wyatt.
00:30:03But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.
00:30:06So who?
00:30:07I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.
00:30:11Scrolling up, I found it.
00:30:12He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.
00:30:15Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.
00:30:18This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.
00:30:20Was he into me?
00:30:24Who is this?
00:30:25Somebody I know?
00:30:26The chat went quiet for a full 10 minutes.
00:30:28I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.
00:30:32A silent tell of his hesitation.
00:30:40What do you mean?
00:30:41You want me to be your boyfriend?
00:30:43Don't kid around about this.
00:30:45Wyatt's my friend.
00:30:45I'm not doing that to him.
00:30:47Then forget I said anything.
00:30:49Bye.
00:30:50I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.
00:30:54Men are all cut from the same cloth.
00:30:56They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.
00:31:01I slept great.
00:31:03Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like
00:31:09a cat.
00:31:10Then I picked up my phone.
00:31:12Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.
00:31:16He was a wreck.
00:31:23What does bi mean?
00:31:24Say what you mean.
00:31:26When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?
00:31:29I thought about it all night.
00:31:30I'm not saying no.
00:31:32Wyatt's my brother, but I'm nobody's side piece.
00:31:34You have to make this official.
00:31:35Are you there?
00:31:35It's late.
00:31:36Get some sleep.
00:31:37Good night.
00:31:38What do you mean?
00:31:38Forget it.
00:31:39Pretend I didn't say it.
00:31:40Just tell me straight.
00:31:41When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious, or were you just trying to get
00:31:44to him?
00:31:45I thought about it.
00:31:46It's not that we can't, but I'm not doing the secret thing.
00:31:48We're going to be together for real, the official kind.
00:31:52Why aren't you answering?
00:31:53Asleep?
00:31:54Or talking to some other guy?
00:31:55Fine.
00:31:56The secret thing is fine.
00:31:57I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.
00:32:02All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.
00:32:04I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.
00:32:07Good morning.
00:32:08Below it, a picture.
00:32:10It was a naked picture of him.
00:32:13I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.
00:32:16It was shot in the locker room.
00:32:17Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his
00:32:20elbow.
00:32:20I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright
00:32:24red, that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.
00:32:26Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.
00:32:29June, get down here.
00:32:30Who sent you these flowers?
00:32:31I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.
00:32:35A hundred at least.
00:32:36Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.
00:32:37I walked over slowly.
00:32:39Tanky, I thought.
00:32:40So tanky.
00:32:41A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.
00:32:45The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.
00:32:47An old necklace, silver, covered in fine scratches and inside a tiny engraving, JW 614.
00:32:54It was my 16th birthday present from my father.
00:32:56After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.
00:33:00An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.
00:33:03I counted the money and refused to cry.
00:33:05Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.
00:33:08I got the necklace.
00:33:10Send me your bank info.
00:33:11I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.
00:33:13I don't want money.
00:33:14I want you.
00:33:16I expected him to refuse the money.
00:33:18I didn't expect him to say it like that.
00:33:20No hesitation at all.
00:33:21Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.
00:33:24I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.
00:33:27I never got a second sentence out.
00:33:29The phone rang.
00:33:30Wyatt.
00:33:31Late party at the Sinclairs tonight, 7.
00:33:33Wear a sports bra.
00:33:34Don't show so much.
00:33:36It looks smaller that way better.
00:33:37Okay.
00:33:38I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging
00:33:42there for a year.
00:33:43I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.
00:33:46I got to the Sinclairs lake house.
00:33:47When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.
00:33:51Wyatt was mid-toast.
00:33:52He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.
00:33:55He set the glass down, crossed the room in three strides, and pulled me into the corner
00:33:58by the stairs.
00:33:59What are you wearing?
00:34:00I told you to wear a sports bra.
00:34:01I didn't answer him.
00:34:02I looked past his shoulder into the house, warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then
00:34:06out of nowhere I fell into a pair of eyes.
00:34:08Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.
00:34:10Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.
00:34:14Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.
00:34:16I don't know how long.
00:34:17My feet were nailed to the floor and my heart got louder with every beat.
00:34:19He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.
00:34:22His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets
00:34:25past.
00:34:26Was it him?
00:34:29One second of thinking and I was sure it wasn't.
00:34:32He's cold.
00:34:33Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.
00:34:35Three years I've known him and his mood is a poured concrete wall.
00:34:38He doesn't care about anything.
00:34:40He can get through a whole party without a word.
00:34:43I say hi and the best I get is a nod.
00:34:45On a good day, a hey.
00:34:46Every extra word looks like it costs him money.
00:34:48I'd always figured he hated me.
00:34:50June, are you hearing me?
00:34:53I snapped back, stepped half a pace forward, and straightened up.
00:34:56His face went white.
00:34:57He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.
00:35:00Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.
00:35:03Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right, lights
00:35:06off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.
00:35:11I threw a basin of cold water on him.
00:35:14He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.
00:35:24We were fooling around, and I pushed my boyfriend's head into my chest.
00:35:29He passed out.
00:35:31When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.
00:35:35Get those taken down.
00:35:36Looking at them makes me sick.
00:35:38That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.
00:35:40Don't listen to him.
00:35:41My name's June.
00:35:42I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend, muster's wide receiver.
00:35:45That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.
00:35:48Why not just break up with him?
00:35:50Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.
00:35:53To my face, he said,
00:35:54My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.
00:35:56Here's a hundred grand.
00:35:57Just book the surgery.
00:35:58Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.
00:36:02So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse,
00:36:05I decided the best revenge was to beat him to the cheating.
00:36:09Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.
00:36:13Bio, under 10k followers, looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.
00:36:1830 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.
00:36:21My inbox blew up.
00:36:22Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.
00:36:24One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.
00:36:27But one message stood out.
00:36:28Aren't you already taken?
00:36:30How does this guy know I'm not single?
00:36:32I opened his profile.
00:36:34Same city as me.
00:36:35Pitch black avatar.
00:36:36Zero posts.
00:36:37His bio was one line.
00:36:39Patience pays off.
00:36:41It rattled me.
00:36:42This person definitely knows me.
00:36:44God, please don't let it be Wyatt.
00:36:47That would blow up my whole plan.
00:36:48I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.
00:36:52Okay, definitely not Wyatt.
00:36:54But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.
00:36:58So who?
00:36:59I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.
00:37:02Scrolling up, I found it.
00:37:04He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.
00:37:07Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.
00:37:10This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.
00:37:12Was he into me?
00:37:16Who is this?
00:37:17Somebody I know?
00:37:18The chat went quiet for a full ten minutes.
00:37:20I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.
00:37:24A silent tell of his hesitation.
00:37:32What do you mean?
00:37:33You want me to be your boyfriend?
00:37:35Don't kid around about this.
00:37:37Wyatt's my friend.
00:37:37I'm not doing that to him.
00:37:39Then forget I said anything.
00:37:41Bye.
00:37:42I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.
00:37:46Men are all cut from the same cloth.
00:37:48They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.
00:37:53I slept great.
00:37:55Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like a cat.
00:38:02Then I picked up my phone.
00:38:04Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.
00:38:08He was a wreck.
00:38:15What does bi mean?
00:38:16Say what you mean.
00:38:18When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?
00:38:21I thought about it all night.
00:38:22I'm not saying no.
00:38:23Wyatt's my brother.
00:38:24But I'm nobody's side piece.
00:38:25You have to make this official.
00:38:27Are you there?
00:38:27It's late.
00:38:28Get some sleep.
00:38:29Good night.
00:38:29What do you mean?
00:38:30Forget it.
00:38:31Pretend I didn't say it.
00:38:32Just tell me straight.
00:38:33When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious?
00:38:35Or were you just trying to get to him?
00:38:36I thought about it.
00:38:38It's not that we can't.
00:38:39But I'm not doing the secret thing.
00:38:40We're going to be together for real.
00:38:42The official kind.
00:38:44Why aren't you answering?
00:38:45Asleep?
00:38:46Or talking to some other guy?
00:38:47Fine.
00:38:47The secret thing is fine.
00:38:48I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.
00:38:53All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.
00:38:56I was still scrolling when a new message flew in at the bottom.
00:38:59Good morning.
00:39:00Below it, a picture.
00:39:01It was a naked picture of him.
00:39:05I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.
00:39:08It was shot in the locker room.
00:39:09Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his elbow.
00:39:12I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright red,
00:39:16that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.
00:39:18Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.
00:39:21June, get down here.
00:39:22Who sent you these flowers?
00:39:23I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.
00:39:27A hundred at least.
00:39:27Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.
00:39:29I walked over slowly.
00:39:30Tanky, I thought.
00:39:31So tanky.
00:39:32A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.
00:39:36The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.
00:39:39An old necklace.
00:39:40Silver, covered in fine scratches, and inside, a tiny engraving, JW614.
00:39:45It was my 16th birthday present from my father.
00:39:48After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.
00:39:52An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.
00:39:55I counted the money and refused to cry.
00:39:57Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.
00:40:00I got the necklace.
00:40:02Send me your bank info.
00:40:03I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.
00:40:05I don't want money.
00:40:06I want you.
00:40:08I expected him to refuse the money.
00:40:10I didn't expect him to say it like that.
00:40:12No hesitation at all.
00:40:13Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.
00:40:16I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.
00:40:19I never got a second sentence out.
00:40:21The phone rang.
00:40:22Wyatt.
00:40:23Late party at the Sinclairs tonight, 7.
00:40:25Wear a sports bra.
00:40:26Don't show so much.
00:40:28It looks smaller that way better.
00:40:29Okay.
00:40:30I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging
00:40:34there for a year.
00:40:35I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.
00:40:38I got to the Sinclairs Lake house.
00:40:39When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.
00:40:43Wyatt was mid-toast.
00:40:44He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.
00:40:46He set the glass down, crossed the room in three strikes, and pulled me into the corner
00:40:50by the stairs.
00:40:51What are you wearing?
00:40:52I told you to wear a sports bra.
00:40:53I didn't answer him.
00:40:54I looked past his shoulder into the house.
00:40:56Warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then out of nowhere I found out.
00:40:59I fell into a pair of eyes.
00:41:00Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.
00:41:02Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.
00:41:06Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.
00:41:08I don't know how long.
00:41:09My feet were nailed to the floor and my heart got louder with every beat.
00:41:11He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.
00:41:14His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets past.
00:41:18Was it him?
00:41:20One second of thinking and I was sure it wasn't.
00:41:24He's cold.
00:41:25Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.
00:41:27Three years I've known him and his mood is a poured concrete wall.
00:41:30He doesn't care about anything.
00:41:32He can get through a whole party without a word.
00:41:35I say hi and the best I get is a nod.
00:41:37On a good day, a hey.
00:41:38Every extra word looks like it costs him money.
00:41:40I'd always figured he hated me.
00:41:42June, are you hearing me?
00:41:44I snapped back, stepped half a pace forward, and straightened up.
00:41:48His face went white.
00:41:49He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.
00:41:52Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.
00:41:54Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right.
00:41:58Lights off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.
00:42:03I threw a basin of cold water on him.
00:42:06He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.
00:42:16We were fooling around, and I pushed my boyfriend's head into my chest.
00:42:21He passed out.
00:42:22When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.
00:42:27Get those taken down.
00:42:27Looking at them makes me sick.
00:42:29That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.
00:42:31Don't listen to him.
00:42:32My name's June.
00:42:34I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend, Mustard's wide receiver.
00:42:37That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.
00:42:40Why not just break up with him?
00:42:42Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.
00:42:45To my face, he said,
00:42:46My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.
00:42:48Here's $100,000.
00:42:49Just book the surgery.
00:42:50Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.
00:42:53So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse,
00:42:57I decided the best revenge was to beat him to the cheating.
00:43:01Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.
00:43:05Bio, under 10k followers.
00:43:07Looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.
00:43:1030 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.
00:43:13My inbox blew up.
00:43:14Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.
00:43:16One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.
00:43:19But one message stood out.
00:43:20Aren't you already taken?
00:43:22How does this guy know I'm not single?
00:43:24I opened his profile.
00:43:26Same city as me.
00:43:27Pitch black avatar.
00:43:28Zero posts.
00:43:29His bio was one line.
00:43:31Patience pays off.
00:43:32It rattled me.
00:43:33This person definitely knows me.
00:43:36God, please don't let it be Wyatt.
00:43:39That would blow up my whole plan.
00:43:41I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.
00:43:44Okay, definitely not Wyatt.
00:43:46But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.
00:43:50So who?
00:43:51I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.
00:43:54Scrolling up, I found it.
00:43:56He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.
00:43:59Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.
00:44:02This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.
00:44:04Was he into me?
00:44:08Who is this?
00:44:09Somebody I know?
00:44:10The chat went quiet for a full 10 minutes.
00:44:12I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.
00:44:15A silent tell of his hesitation.
00:44:24What do you mean?
00:44:25You want me to be your boyfriend?
00:44:27Don't kid around about this.
00:44:28Wyatt's my friend.
00:44:29I'm not doing that to him.
00:44:31Then forget I said anything.
00:44:33Bye.
00:44:34I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.
00:44:38Men are all cut from the same cloth.
00:44:40They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.
00:44:45I slept great.
00:44:46Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like
00:44:53a cat.
00:44:54Then I picked up my phone.
00:44:56Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.
00:45:00He was a wreck.
00:45:07What does bi mean?
00:45:08Say what you mean.
00:45:10When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?
00:45:13I thought about it all night.
00:45:14I'm not saying no.
00:45:15Wyatt's my brother, but I'm nobody's side piece.
00:45:17You have to make this official.
00:45:18Are you there?
00:45:19It's late.
00:45:20Get some sleep.
00:45:21Good night.
00:45:21What do you mean?
00:45:22Forget it.
00:45:23Pretend I didn't say it.
00:45:24Just tell me straight.
00:45:25When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious, or were you just trying to get
00:45:28to him?
00:45:28I thought about it.
00:45:29It's not that we can't, but I'm not doing the secret thing.
00:45:32We're going to be together for real, the official kind.
00:45:35Why aren't you answering?
00:45:37Asleep?
00:45:38Or talking to some other guy?
00:45:39Fine.
00:45:39The secret thing is fine.
00:45:40I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.
00:45:45All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.
00:45:48I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.
00:45:51Good morning.
00:45:52Below it, a picture.
00:45:53It was a naked picture of him.
00:45:57I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.
00:46:00It was shot in the locker room.
00:46:01Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his
00:46:04elbow.
00:46:04I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright
00:46:07red, that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.
00:46:10Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.
00:46:13June, get down here.
00:46:14Who sent you these flowers?
00:46:15I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.
00:46:19A hundred at least.
00:46:19Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.
00:46:21I walked over slowly.
00:46:22Tanky, I thought.
00:46:23So tanky.
00:46:24A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.
00:46:28The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.
00:46:31An old necklace.
00:46:32Silver, covered in fine scratches, and inside, a tiny engraving, JW, 614.
00:46:37It was my 16th birthday present from my father.
00:46:40After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.
00:46:44An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.
00:46:47I counted the money and refused to cry.
00:46:49Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.
00:46:52I got the necklace.
00:46:53Send me your bank info.
00:46:54I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.
00:46:57I don't want money.
00:46:58I want you.
00:47:00I expected him to refuse the money.
00:47:02I didn't expect him to say it like that.
00:47:04No hesitation at all.
00:47:05Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.
00:47:07I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.
00:47:11I never got a second sentence out.
00:47:12The phone rang.
00:47:14Wyatt.
00:47:14Late party at the Sinclair's tonight, Seven.
00:47:17Wear a sports bra.
00:47:18Don't show so much.
00:47:19It looks smaller that way better.
00:47:21Okay.
00:47:22I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging
00:47:26there for a year.
00:47:27I saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.
00:47:29I got to the Sinclair's lake house.
00:47:31When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.
00:47:35Wyatt was mid-toast.
00:47:36He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.
00:47:38He set the glass down, crossed the room, in three stripes, and pulled me into the corner by the stairs.
00:47:42What are you wearing?
00:47:43I told you to wear a sports bra.
00:47:45I didn't answer him.
00:47:46I looked past his shoulder into the house.
00:47:48Warm yellow light, perfume, spilled wine, and then out of nowhere I fell into a pair of eyes.
00:47:52Declan Ashward was alone in the far corner.
00:47:54Black shirt, sleeves rolled to the forearm, and almost untouched drink at his elbow.
00:47:58Through all that music and noise, he just looked at me.
00:48:00I don't know how long.
00:48:00My feet were nailed to the floor and my heart got louder with every beat.
00:48:03He looked away first, tipped the glass back, and drained it.
00:48:06His mouth moved, something like a smile, and then he was back to that face nobody gets past.
00:48:10Was it him?
00:48:12One second of thinking and I was sure it wasn't.
00:48:15He's cold.
00:48:17Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.
00:48:19Three years I've known him and his mood is a poured concrete wall.
00:48:22He doesn't care about anything.
00:48:24He can get through a whole party without a word.
00:48:26I say hi and the best I get is a nod.
00:48:28On a good day, a hey.
00:48:30Every extra word looks like it costs him money.
00:48:32I'd always figured he hated me.
00:48:34June, are you hearing me?
00:48:36I snapped back, stepped half a pace forward, and straightened up.
00:48:40His face went white.
00:48:41He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.
00:48:44Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.
00:48:47Two months ago we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right.
00:48:50Lights off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.
00:48:55I threw a basin of cold water on him.
00:48:58He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.
00:49:08We were fooling around, and I pushed my boyfriend's head into my chest.
00:49:13He passed out.
00:49:14When he came to, he slammed a hundred thousand dollar check against my chest.
00:49:18Get those taken down.
00:49:19Looking at them makes me sick.
00:49:21That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.
00:49:23Don't listen to him.
00:49:24My name's June.
00:49:25I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend.
00:49:28Mustard's wide receiver.
00:49:29That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.
00:49:32Why not just break up with him?
00:49:34Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.
00:49:37To my face he said,
00:49:38My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.
00:49:40Here's a hundred grand.
00:49:41Just book the surgery.
00:49:42Behind my back he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.
00:49:45So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse, I decided the best revenge was
00:49:51to beat him to the cheating.
00:49:53Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.
00:49:57Bio, under 10k followers, looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.
00:50:02Thirty minutes later, I was past a hundred thousand followers.
00:50:04My inbox blew up.
00:50:06Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.
00:50:08One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.
00:50:11But one message stood out.
00:50:12Aren't you already taken?
00:50:14How does this guy know I'm not single?
00:50:16I opened his profile.
00:50:17Same city as me.
00:50:19Pitch black avatar.
00:50:20Zero posts.
00:50:21His bio was one line.
00:50:23Patience pays off.
00:50:24It rattled me.
00:50:25This person definitely knows me.
00:50:28God, please don't let it be Wyatt.
00:50:31That would blow up my whole plan.
00:50:32I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.
00:50:36Okay, definitely not Wyatt.
00:50:38But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.
00:50:42So who?
00:50:43I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.
00:50:46Scrolling up, I found it.
00:50:47He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.
00:50:51Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.
00:50:54This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.
00:50:56Was he into me?
00:51:00Who is this?
00:51:01Somebody I know?
00:51:02The chat went quiet for a full 10 minutes.
00:51:04I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.
00:51:07A silent tell of his hesitation.
00:51:15What do you mean?
00:51:17You want me to be your boyfriend?
00:51:19Don't kid around about this.
00:51:20Wyatt's my friend.
00:51:21I'm not doing that to him.
00:51:23Then forget I said anything.
00:51:24Bye.
00:51:26I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.
00:51:30Men are all cut from the same cloth.
00:51:31They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.
00:51:36I slept great.
00:51:38Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like
00:51:45a cat.
00:51:46Then I picked up my phone.
00:51:48Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.
00:51:52He was a wreck.
00:51:59What does bi mean?
00:52:00Say what you mean.
00:52:01When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?
00:52:05I thought about it all night.
00:52:06I'm not saying no.
00:52:07Wyatt's my brother, but I'm nobody's side piece.
00:52:09You have to make this official.
00:52:10Are you there?
00:52:11It's late.
00:52:12Get some sleep.
00:52:12Good night.
00:52:13What do you mean?
00:52:14Forget it.
00:52:15Pretend I didn't say it.
00:52:16Just tell me straight.
00:52:16When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious or were you just trying to get
00:52:20to him?
00:52:20I thought about it.
00:52:21It's not that we can't, but I'm not doing the secret thing.
00:52:24We're going to be together for real, the official kind.
00:52:27Why aren't you answering?
00:52:29Asleep?
00:52:29Or talking to some other guy?
00:52:31Fine.
00:52:31The secret thing is fine.
00:52:32I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.
00:52:37All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.
00:52:40I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.
00:52:43Good morning.
00:52:44Below it, a picture.
00:52:45It was a naked picture of him.
00:52:49I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.
00:52:52It was shot in the locker room.
00:52:53Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his
00:52:56elbow.
00:52:56I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright
00:52:59red, that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.
00:53:02Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.
00:53:04June, get down here.
00:53:06Who sent you these flowers?
00:53:07I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.
00:53:11A hundred at least.
00:53:11Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.
00:53:13I walked over slowly.
00:53:14Tanky, I thought.
00:53:15So tanky.
00:53:16A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing or chasing a headline.
00:53:20The second I opened the box, the sneer froze on my face.
00:53:23An old necklace.
00:53:24Silver, covered in fine scratches, and inside, a tiny engraving, JW, 614.
00:53:29It was my 16th birthday present from my father.
00:53:32After he died, I sent everything valuable left in that house to the auction house.
00:53:36An overseas buyer took it for $120,000.
00:53:39I counted the money and refused to cry.
00:53:41Now it was sitting in a stranger's velvet box back.
00:53:43I got the necklace.
00:53:45Send me your bank info.
00:53:47I can't pay that much at once, but I can do installments.
00:53:49I don't want money.
00:53:50I want you.
00:53:51I expected him to refuse the money.
00:53:54I didn't expect him to say it like that.
00:53:55No hesitation at all.
00:53:57Like he'd been holding the sentence for a long time.
00:53:59I stared at it, thumb over the screen, and deleted my reply three times.
00:54:02I never got a second sentence out.
00:54:04The phone rang.
00:54:05Wyatt.
00:54:06Lake party at the Sinclair's tonight, 7.
00:54:08Wear a sports bra.
00:54:10Don't show so much.
00:54:11It looks smaller that way better.
00:54:13Okay.
00:54:14I hung up, went upstairs, opened the closet, and took down the dress that had been hanging
00:54:17there for a year.
00:54:18We saved three months of paychecks for it and never had anywhere to wear it.
00:54:21I got to the Sinclair's lake house.
00:54:23When I pushed the door open, the room went quiet for half a second.
00:54:26Wyatt was mid-toast.
00:54:28He looked back at me and his smile died on his face.
00:54:30He set the glass down, crossed the room in three stripes, and pulled me into the corner
00:54:33by the stairs.
00:54:34What are you wearing?
00:55:04I told you to wear a sports bra.
00:55:05I was drinking, and I was sure it wasn't.
00:55:07He's cold.
00:55:08Nothing and nobody gets a reaction out of him.
00:55:11Three years I've known him, and his mood is a poured concrete wall.
00:55:14He doesn't care about anything.
00:55:16He can get through a whole party without a word.
00:55:18I say hi, and the best I get is a nod.
00:55:20On a good day, a hey.
00:55:22Every extra word looks like it costs him money.
00:55:24I'd always figured he hated me.
00:55:26June, are you hearing me?
00:55:28I snapped back, stepped half a pace forward, and straightened up.
00:55:32His face went white.
00:55:33He covered his mouth, bolted for the bathroom.
00:55:36Wyatt has a condition his own doctor barely believes.
00:55:39Two months ago, we were in the suite above Sinclair Motors, everything going right.
00:55:42Lights off, and the second his hand found my chest, he passed out.
00:55:47I threw a basin of cold water on him.
00:55:50He sat on the carpet with his hair dripping, and finally told me the truth.
00:56:00We were fooling around, and I pushed my boyfriend's head into my chest.
00:56:05He passed out.
00:56:06When he came to, he slammed a $100,000 check against my chest.
00:56:10Get those taken down.
00:56:11Looking at them makes me sick.
00:56:13That night, a million dollars hit my bank account.
00:56:15Don't listen to him.
00:56:16My name's June.
00:56:17I was Wyatt Sinclair's girlfriend.
00:56:20Mustard's wide receiver.
00:56:21That's about to be over, and I intend to make it hurt.
00:56:24Why not just break up with him?
00:56:26Because Wyatt deserves a lot worse than a breakup.
00:56:29To my face, he said,
00:56:30My buddy keeps telling me you should get a reduction.
00:56:31Here's $100,000.
00:56:32Just book the surgery.
00:56:33Behind my back, he was running a burner account, sliding into other girls' DMs.
00:56:37So after a lot of thinking, and yeah, I'll own it, a little impulse, I decided the best revenge was
00:56:43to beat him to the cheating.
00:56:44Right before bed that night, I posted the first picture of my face my account had ever seen.
00:56:49Bio, under 10k followers.
00:56:50Looking for a hot boyfriend, no drama, six feet, built abs.
00:56:5430 minutes later, I was past 100,000 followers.
00:56:56My inbox blew up.
00:56:58Compliments, thirst messages, random selfies.
00:57:00One guy offering to fly me to Dubai on a private jet.
00:57:02But one message stood out.
00:57:04Aren't you already taken?
00:57:06How does this guy know I'm not single?
00:57:08I opened his profile.
00:57:09Same city as me.
00:57:11Pitch black avatar.
00:57:12Zero posts.
00:57:13His bio was one line.
00:57:15Patience pays off.
00:57:16It rattled me.
00:57:17This person definitely knows me.
00:57:19God, please don't let it be Wyatt.
00:57:22That would blow up my whole plan.
00:57:24I was still deciding whether to answer when he messaged me first.
00:57:28Okay, definitely not Wyatt.
00:57:30But the way he talks, he's absolutely someone in Wyatt's circle.
00:57:33So who?
00:57:35I scrolled our chat and the account started to look familiar.
00:57:38Scrolling up, I found it.
00:57:39He'd been liking my posts for a while, leaving the occasional comment.
00:57:43Wyatt didn't even know I had this account.
00:57:46This guy had been quietly watching me for that long.
00:57:48Was he into me?
00:57:52Who is this?
00:57:53Somebody I know?
00:57:54The chat went quiet for a full 10 minutes.
00:57:56I could practically see the typing bubble blinking on and off on the other end.
00:57:59A silent tell of his hesitation.
00:58:07What do you mean?
00:58:09You want me to be your boyfriend?
00:58:11Don't kid around about this.
00:58:12Wyatt's my friend.
00:58:13I'm not doing that to him.
00:58:15Then forget I said anything.
00:58:16Bye.
00:58:18I closed the app, shut my phone down completely, and turned in for the night.
00:58:22Men are all cut from the same cloth.
00:58:23They refuse with words, yet every hidden emotion tells the honest truth.
00:58:28I slept great.
00:58:30Woke up the next morning, did my face, made coffee, stood in the window, and stretched like a cat.
00:58:38Then I picked up my phone.
00:58:40Ten unread voice notes from the man who swore he'd never do that to his brother.
00:58:44He was a wreck.
00:58:51What does bi mean?
00:58:52Say what you mean.
00:58:53When you said you were looking for a boyfriend, was that a bluff or were you serious?
00:58:57I thought about it all night.
00:58:58I'm not saying no.
00:58:59Wyatt's my brother, but I'm nobody's side piece.
00:59:01You have to make this official.
00:59:02Are you there?
00:59:03It's late.
00:59:04Get some sleep.
00:59:04Good night.
00:59:05What do you mean?
00:59:06Forget it.
00:59:07Pretend I didn't say it.
00:59:08Just tell me straight.
00:59:08When you said you wanted a boyfriend, were you serious or were you just trying to get to him?
00:59:12I thought about it.
00:59:13It's not that we can't, but I'm not doing the secret thing.
00:59:16We're going to be together for real, the official kind.
00:59:19Why aren't you answering?
00:59:21Asleep?
00:59:21Or talking to some other guy?
00:59:23Fine.
00:59:23The secret thing is fine.
00:59:24I scrolled the whole thread top to bottom and laughed out loud, then sent him a heart.
00:59:29All that brotherhood lasted him a few hours.
00:59:32I was still scrolling when a new message slid in at the bottom.
00:59:35Good morning.
00:59:36Below it, a picture.
00:59:37It was a naked picture of him.
00:59:41I opened it with no warning and almost swallowed my toothbrush.
00:59:44It was shot in the locker room.
00:59:44Gray sweats, nothing on top, towel around his neck, veins running from his wrist to his elbow.
00:59:48I saved it to my private album without a word and told the girl in the mirror, face bright red,
00:59:51that he had a lot more going for him than I'd given him credit for.
00:59:54Halfway through brushing my teeth, Doreen yelled up from downstairs.
00:59:56June, get down here.
00:59:57Who sent you these flowers?
00:59:59I shuffled downstairs in my slippers and found the white roses on the living room table.
01:00:02A hundred at least.
01:00:03Dead center sat a dark blue velvet box.
01:00:05I walked over slowly.
01:00:06Tanky, I thought.
01:00:07So tanky.
01:00:08A man who sends a hundred white roses is either proposing...