"Okay, so are you going to ask me to be your girlfriend now?" I asked, crossing my arms. Holden's panicked eyes met mine. "Well, actually, I'm not sure. Pierce might feel some kind of way about us. You know how much he hates Otti." He tried, and failed miserably. "Are you and Pierce just not as close as you pretend to be, or is he just so busy being balls-deep inside my best friend that he neglected to tell you that Otti told me everything?" I asked. Holden's eyes widened as he visibly swallowed. "E-everything?" he asked. "Everything," I repeated. "So, you know that they're-" "In love and with Kieran? Yeah." I cut him off. "So, what's the real problem here, Holden? Because to me, it seems like you just don't want us to be public. Why not? Do you have another side-piece? That's the

