LUKE
I had let Scarlet slip deeper into my life. I was coming back little by little to my former self, the one who was always thoughtful with other people. It was frightening.
In a short amount of time, I’d grown fond of her. It was another problem I couldn’t stop. She was always on my mind. I tried preventing myself from thinking about her too much, but it just wouldn’t work. I wanted to believe her, but somehow, I couldn’t. Women were natural-born liars.
I began realizing she’d got me when she was wrapped in a friend’s arms. I sensed from the very start that he had a thing for Scarlet by the way he looked at her. Scarlet didn’t seem to know her friend was lusting after her. I was sure of that. I couldn’t be wrong.
Again, I wanted to believe that she was telling the truth about her fr
