Chapter 25

It had been two weeks. Jessie hadn’t made any move toward Theo. She knew he was waiting for her. But she was shy. She didn’t know what she was going to tell him. Hey, let’s go out?

It didn’t help that Karina was always with him – always. And when she wasn’t, she was talking about him. Plus, people gossiped. Jessie had found out that Karina had basically put a claim on Theo even though Theo hadn’t extended the same courtesy.

All thoughts of liking Karina had vanished out of the window. It was really hard not to like her, though. She was a sweet person, and she had made Jessie feel extremely welcome.

“Hey, Theo and I are going for lunch. Care to join us?”

And there was this. Karina liked taking jabs at Jessie when it came to Theo. It was like she had sensed that there was something – or had been something between the two, and she was doing everything to show Jessie that Theo was hers. It was almost