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“Lily, I’m seventeen. Guys my age want sex.”

“You’re sixteen.”

I wanna roll my eyes but don’t. “In a month, I’ll be seventeen. Anyway, when I promised to wait for you, that meant I wouldn’t date anyone else, but that didn’t mean I wasn’t gonna have sex.”

She straightens her back and her expression hardens.

Shit.

I probably just lost my only chance with her by beinghonest. I can’t lie to her, though. That’s one thing I promised my pops I’d never do and I plan on keeping my word.

“Livianna, it was a loophole. A bad one and I’m owning that.” My insides wrench. “Do you think you’ll be able to understand?”

She blinks a few times. “Are you sorry?”

“For hurting you, yes.” I hold my breath and pray she doesn’t ask if I regret it.

I don’t. It was a blast, and I never promised her it wouldn’t happen. I knew it would.

She glances down and takes a moment of silence.

After a few moments pass, she peeks up at me. “Do you like doing things like that?”

And with that question, I know I’m in for hell.

Chapter Nine

LIVIANNA/LILY

Then

Satin Misdeeds & Candy-Coated Warnings

Some sweetness is poison and I’m already swallowing every drop.

I’m in the kitchen with my mom, making cookies. The door alarm beeps, signaling someone has entered the house.

“Hey, mates. It’s me, Cash.”

“We’re in here,” my mom hollers.

After Callum’s sexual confessions, I secretly vowed to make him want me and only me. He’s here so we can spend time together. My parents want to see that he’s treating me well before they’ll allow him to take me out.

But I have an additional plan. I have just the way to get him to pay attention to me. If he can have fun, so can I.

I smile and get ready for my scheme to fall into place. I adjust my baggy gray sweatshirt that has the neck cut out farther down. I have a black lace bra on and it pushes my boobs together. My cleavage is on point.

With it, I paired leather pants with silver studs runningalong the side of my legs, finishing it off with black Doc Martens.

I met up with my makeup artist at the studio today so she could fix me up. I paid her extra since it’s Sunday and her day off.

All I can say is she made me a smash hit. She applied my eyeshadow dark and smoky and topped off the look with deep plum lipstick.

After that, I had her dye my hair jet-black and shave one side of my head from right above my ear all the way near the back. The rest I had her flip to one side and do it in a sexy wolf cut style.

I look the part of a rockstar’s girlfriend. Exactly how I want to be seen. He’s going to lose his mind.

My mom was a little bothered by my new style, but I explained I like to express my artistic side and she eased off just as I knew she would.