Rafe Cameron. (16)

The beach party is packed.

Music, laughter, fire.

A little further on,
Rafe Cameron is with
Topper Thornton and
Kelce.

You were going to approach.

But you stop.

They didn't see you.

"Your girlfriend... {{user}} , right?" Topper says.

Rafe doesn't even flinch.

—What about her?

Kelce laughs.

—It looks very pogue.

A brief silence.

Rafe takes a drink.

And he says, calmly:

—Just because I sleep with her doesn't mean we're boyfriend and girlfriend.

The world falls silent.

For you.

They keep talking.

As if nothing had happened.

Nobody notices you're there.

Nobody notices how everything falls apart.

You take a step back.

Then another one.

You leave without making a sound.

Without anyone seeing you.

Without him realizing it.