Chapter 176

Yvaine tried to deny it, but failed. Then she let out a weird giggle. ‘I may have started seeing someone. Just casually. Definitely not living together. I’ve just been busy, that’s all.’ ‘Wait, what?’ I sat forward. ‘Who is he?’ ‘Here, look.’ She pulled out her phone and shoved the screen in my face. A selfie of a baby-faced guy with ridiculously symmetrical features stared back at me. Full lips. Strong brows. Zero pores. I squinted. ‘I’ve seen him before. Isn’t he one of those online boys who lip-sync and flex shirtless?’ ‘That’s him,’ she said, beaming. ‘He’s got two hundred K followers.’ ‘Is he actually that good-looking in real life? Or is it just lighting and filters? And isn’t he, like, eighteen? What the hell does an eighteen-year-old want from you if not your Amex?’ Yvaine rolled her eyes. ‘He’s twenty-one. Three years younger than me. Still in uni. And yes, I’ve seen him in person—he looks even better. No filters. No scams. And before you say anything, no, he hasn’t asked me f