Page 66 of Dear Love, I Hate You (Easton High 1)

So why does this taste so sour?

Why do I feel like I’m going to be sick all over his leather seats?

It’s not the picture’s fault.

Sixteen-year-old Xavier looks adorable, as expected. No, what flips my stomach upside down and clogs my throat with panic…

Is his middle name.

The name I never saw coming.

Xavier Zachary Emery.