“You don’t have to pretend with me,” I said.
I didn’t know what to do with that. I was seventeen, awkward, and suddenly sharing a bathroom with a girl who wore her brother’s band tees as sleepwear and thought personal space was a suggestion. life with a flirty stepsister final completed fixed
The novel explores boundaries, family blending, unspoken romantic tension, and the question: When is flirting just flirting, and when does it become something more? “You don’t have to pretend with me,” I said