Pretending Not to Know

> New job. New start. New boss. > > Except my new boss is Theo Harrison. > > The senior I loved in silence for three years. The one I almost confessed to—until I saw him with another girl. > > I ran. Changed schools. Disappeared. > > Eight years later, I smiled and said, "Nice to meet you." > > He looked at me like I'd slapped him. > > "Still pretending you don't know me, June?" > > He remembered. Everything. > > "That girl was my cousin. She was crying about a breakup. I was comforting her." > > My world tilted. > > "I went to find you that day, June. To tell you I felt the same way." > > "But you were already gone."