Chapter 53: Chapter 53

She’d make herself into a liar if she stayed here with Daisy, no matter how uncomfortable it would be to go back to Benton. Riva groaned, trying to imagine what she could possibly say to him after what had just happened.

Daisy echoed her thoughts. “I mean, he seemed mad, right? You guys were yelling at each other.”

“Maybe I could still apologize…”

Daisy rolled her eyes. “Why?”

Riva shrugged. She didn’t want to hurt Daisy’s feelings by saying more than she already had

“This kissing we were just doing—not with him, I mean now—what was that?”

“I don’t know,” Riva whispered.

Daisy held her gaze for a long moment, her eyes burning. She looked like she might be about to cry, or maybe scream—it was hard to say which. Riva wrapped her arms around herself. She was in the wrong in so many ways.