Chapter 57

“Simple, normal food, that’s my only request.” I grin as I sit the rest of the way up. “At Burberry Prep, the food’s good—amazing, actually—but sometimes I can’t even pronounce it.” Dad laughs and whips out his cell.

“Pizza it is then.” He moves into the living room to make the call, and I check my phone again.

I’ve got messages from Lizzie, Miranda, Zack … and Creed.

Miranda misses you so much; she won’t stop talking about you. It’s annoying as hell. I smile and try to figure out how I’m supposed to respond back. Part of me wants to ask about January, if he’s really going to go back to treating me like garbage. Same with Tristan and Zayd. They’ve been sort of … nice? And those kisses … I’d just assumed that for their portion of the agreement, they’d simply leave me alone. Not the case. If anything, I’ve been getting more attention from the three of them.

Tell her I’m having pizza with Dad and thinking about her, is my response. An instant later, Are you thin