Wait—Did I Steal Your Best Buddy While You Were ‘Missing’? HELL YES!! Chapter 01
Actually, it was only the second month after my boyfriend went missing that I spotted him on the street.
By then, he was going on about it to his friends, acting all smug:
“Missing? Come on, I faked the whole thing.”
“My girlfriend was on me 24/7-needed some breathing room.”
“But-I got my boy Callan to cover for me. She totally ate it up.”
I acted like I heard nothing and kept walking.
That night at home, someone’s arms wrapped around me from behind.
“Any news on him today?”
“No.”
I turned and kissed Callan, making my voice sound sad.
“Babe, I think he might actually be dead.”
Month two since Jasper vanished.
That’s when I spotted him.
Hanging with his crew at some bar in Santa Monica, same cocky look on his face.
“Dude, you’ve been ‘missing’ so long we barely see you anymore.”
“What can I say?”
Jasper leaned back in his chair. “Lexie’s all over me constantly, always in my business. She needed to back off.”
“Hey, how’d you even come up with this?”
“That was ME~”
The girl next to him looked so proud of herself:
“With that brain of his? No way he came up with something this genius on his own.”
“Yeah, yeah, you’re the genius.” Jasper’s smile was gross-way too affectionate.
Wait-Did I Steal Your Best Buddy While You Were ‘Missing”? HELI vren
I knew her.
Scarlett Hayes-only girl in Jasper’s friend group.
“But isn’t this kind of extreme? Won’t Lexie get suspicious?”
“Not with Callah backing my story. We’re good.”
They all nodded like it made perfect sense.
“Right, with Callan vouching for you, who’s gonna question it?”
“That guy’s solid.”
Scarlett rolled her eyes. “Come on, it’s ’cause Sloane’s an idiot, okay?”
I waited for Jasper to defend me.
Instead he goes: “Exactly. She’s nowhere near as smart as you-Or as hot.”
Everyone started whooping and making jokes.
Like they’d seen this a million times before.
“Just date each other already. Why bother with girlfriends?”
“I don’t do that with friends.”
“Gross, I wouldn’t touch you anyway.”
They kept up the banter, but under the table? Their legs were all tangled together.
Eventually someone asked:
“You can’t stay ‘missing’ forever though. When are you coming back?”
“When Lexie’s desperate enough.”
Jasper looked so sure of himself:
“When she’s completely lost without me-that’s when I’ll show up.”
You knew what?
I was supposed to go to the police station today to file a report.
Now? Changed my mind.
