27: The Family Affair

[ K A R A ] The next couple of days, Ryder and I were still meeting in secret. We even came up with a code word: Milkshake. It was our secret way of saying 'let's ditch this place and smush’. Peter and Lacey had absolutely no clue. They thought we were going out to get milkshakes at the diner. If only they knew the kind of kinky smuttery that was going on in the house late at night. Okay, that was kind of reckless of me, I admitted it. But I was engulfed in pure ignorant bliss. I felt bad for lying and sneaking around like that, but even all that guilt wasn't enough for me to swear off the crazy sexy Ryder Jake Williams. Like, how can I say no to the best vanilla milkshake in the world? The only consolation was that I knew we weren’t going to hurt anyone. As long as my mom and Peter were happy, we didn’t think it mattered what we were doing. So we milkshaked away. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [ R Y D E R ] I thought things would be mor