Lahat ng Kabanata ng One Night Mistake: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

He opened his mouth, looking as if he wanted to spit some kind of retort, but merely sighed instead. “This isn’t getting us anywhere. We can’t get along for more than thirty seconds at a time.”Taliana nodded in agreement, leaning back in her seat. “We weren’t meant to be nice to each other. It just doesn’t feel right, and it probably never will.”“Well maybe if you could control that sharp tongue of yours, it would be easier.”“Ha! I’ll be able to control my tongue the day you learn how to shut your mouth.”“Hopefully that will be sooner rather than later, because frankly I’m sick of your stupid-” He cut off abruptly. “We’re doing it again.”“Doing wha- Oh.” Taliana squirmed slightly and glanced out the window. “We really can’t help it. Every time you insult me, I feel like I’m required to hurl one right back at you.”“I’m not always the one starting it.”Taliana scoffed. “Yes, you are. You’re the one constantly stirring shit.”“I do not,” he huffed, hand tightening on the steering w

He somehow managed to plaster a smirk on his face as he laced his fingers with hers and started off toward the brick building. Those who were loitering by the doors moved out of the way when they saw him and Stick Girl coming. Some merely looked confused, while others looked downright shocked by their intertwined fingers. There were even a few who looked as if they’d seen a ghost.Sebastian saw the corners of Taliana’s mouth tip up as she leaned in to whisper in his ear. “Wouldn’t it be great if their faces got stuck like that?”“Then we wouldn’t be the freak show anymore.”His grin didn’t fade as they stepped inside together, almost forgetting who was holding his hand. Stick Girl could be amusing when she wanted.However, his humor didn’t last long. It took a minute for him to figure out why the usually boisterous hallway had suddenly gone silent, but once he remembered who was standing next to him, he understood perfectly. He and Taliana shared a glance before starting down the pack

Knowing that his apology was sincere combined with the fact that she missed him was enough to make her smile. “It’s okay,” she assured him. “I’m sorry for being so mean.”Relief washed over his face, and the Jude she loved reappeared. “Mean?” he teased. “It takes a lot to make me cry and you somehow managed to do it. I should have known you had it in you.”Taliana laughed as she leaned forward to wrap her arms around him. “Now you know better than to get on my bad side.”Jude chuckled and hugged her back tightly. “I’ve learned my lesson.” He laughed before pulling back again with a relatively serious expression. “Now that we’ve got the sappiness out of the way… What the hell is with this rumor I keep hearing about you and Sebastian dating?”Taliana groaned and let her head fall back. “It’s a long story.”“I’ve got time,” he insisted, patting her arm.She shot him a stern look. “You have to promise not to repeat what I’m about to tell you.”He held up three fingers. “Scout’s honor.”“I

“Hey, you never know,” Sebastian mused, eyes drifting over to the yacht. He drew in a deep breath before glancing back at her. “You ready to do this?”With a heavy sigh, Taliana took his elbow and allowed him to lead her down the dock and ontoBig Bertha . Though it was only a little after seven, the yacht was already packed with people, but given its sheer size, Taliana was confident it would have no trouble accommodating plenty more. Most of the faces in the crowd were at least a few years older than her, but there were a handful of high schoolers milling around as well. Cry Baby hadn’t been joking when he said this was going to be fancy.Next to Taliana, Sebastian was craning his neck to get a better look at who was on the boat. When a smile lit up his face a moment later, she knew he’d spotted someone familiar.“Bakhtiar!”Taliana almost stumbled when Sebastian exclaimed his ex-girlfriend’s last name. After making sure she wasn’t going to face plant onto the deck, she glanced up a

It had been that moment when she realized, after a mere four months of dating, that she loved him. It hadn’t been a conscious decision by any means, or even a revelation she really wanted to have, but judging by the way her heart had felt like it was going to explode and her stomach had been doing the good kind of somersaults, what she felt was undeniable.That was the night she’d ended up in the backseat of his car, his name on her lips as the countdown to midnight started. By the time the fireworks exploded in the sky, Taliana was experiencing fireworks of her own, for reasons better than it being the beginning of a new year.Yes, she certainly remembered that night.“How could I forget,” she murmured, desperately wishing she could.Zak’s smile faded slightly as he continued to watch her. “Tell me what you remember,” he pressed, his right hand moving to rest between them. “I want to know.”At the sight of the tattoos on his knuckles, the memory of his hands on her body came rushing