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the moment, I thought once with Ivy wasn’t going to be enough.
    I was wrong. Once was more than enough.
    It had to be.
    It was all we were going to get.

Chapter Six

    Ivy
    My body still hummed.
    Like literally, everything beneath my skin still pulsed from what happened last night.
    Okay, fine, it had been only hours ago. But I preferred to think of it as last night. It seemed further away, less present in my mind. God knew it was still all too present for my body.
    Even though my brain was horrified by what I’d done, my body was so satisfied it made me feel guilty.
    Damn Braeden.
    Damn him for making me so divided inside.
    I just prayed he kept his word and didn’t tell anyone. Especially Missy.
    Missy and Braeden weren’t together; they never really were. Yes, they had a “friends with benefits” relationship, but that had been last fall, before winter break. So technically, me hooking up with him shouldn’t be a big deal.
    But it totally was.
    Missy might not say it, but I knew she was still hung up on B. I knew she’d wanted more from him… had hoped the casual relationship they had would turn into more.
    It took her a while to come around once Braeden stopped calling. She pulled back from our group, pulled back from dating. And for that, I hated Braeden. I hated guys like him. So cocky and charming. They only ever thought about themselves, never about the girls they slept with and left.
    But the past few weeks, Missy had been coming around; she was more like herself, and being around Braeden didn’t seem to bother her as much. We all managed to spend an awesome week here at the beach with barely a single tinge of awkwardness.
    Until I broke the girl code and slept with the guy Missy wanted.
    She’d been asleep when I snuck past her room on the way to mine last night. Her room was dark and silent, and I let out a huge breath of relief no one seemed to hear the romp Braeden and I just had.
    Even though I went to bed super late, I was still the first one up. I was too keyed up after what happened, my body and mind unable to sleep. I tried, but all that happened was me reliving every second I’d spent with Braeden as I lay there in the dark.
    So I got up. I showered and blew out my hair. It was the first time since we got here I actually styled it straight. There’d been no point with all the time we spent in the ocean. But today we were all leaving. Getting on a plane and flying back to Maryland, back to Alpha U.
    After I distracted myself by styling my long, blond hair and did a minimal makeup routine, I got dressed. Since we were flying, I put on a long maxi dress with a bold black and white chevron print. The top of the dress was all black, making it look like I was wearing a black tank top with a skirt even though it was all one piece. I figured it would be comfortable for the plane yet still offer some warmth on my legs when we landed. I was also going to add a black cardigan. Maryland wasn’t going to be as warm as Florida.
    I didn’t bother with jewelry; I wasn’t in the mood. The only thing I was wearing was the bracelet made of seashells from a beach shop nearby. All three of us got one to remember the week we spent here together.
    Looking at it just then made my stomach hurt.
    No one else was in the kitchen, so I put on a pot of coffee and waited impatiently for it to brew enough for a cup. Once I had a mug full of caffeine and sugar, I carried it out onto the back deck. I stood at the railing beneath the early morning sun and stared out at the glistening waves.
    As I sipped at the coffee, I saw Romeo and Rimmel down the beach. Rimmel had a bucket in her hand and was searching in the sand for shells. I smiled. She finally dragged Romeo out of bed to go seashell hunting.
    I watched the pair with a bit of envy as a wave crashed close by and rushed toward Rimmel. She’d been so intent on the shells she didn’t notice the water until it was close, and even from this distance, I saw her body react