He stared at me for a long, hard moment. Then he turned stiffly toward the group.
"Yes."
"Serena and I were together once."
"But that's in the past."
"We broke up."
My head snapped up. I stared at him, disbelief written across my face, my nails digging into my palms hard enough to break skin.
Mia tilted her chin up, her face lighting with barely contained delight as she looked at Carter.
"Really? So you're single now?"
The words had barely left her mouth before the room erupted.
"Oh my God, I'm literally shipping them so hard right now."
"This is what soulmates look like! They went their separate ways, but the right person always comes back around."
"I would trade ten pounds off my body to see these two get together!"
Amid the noise and excitement, Samuel, the same guy who'd called me shameless earlier, glanced my way. Something like pity flickered in his eyes.
He passed by me, let out a sigh, and shook his head.
"You asked for it."
I sank back into my chair, boneless.
Never, not once, had I imagined Carter would humiliate me like this at a class reunion. That he'd look me in the eye and deny everything with his own mouth.
The mocking voices around me only grew louder.