Gist

His words made her heart race, and his piercing gaze made her feel electricity rushing up and down her spine. Her face heated.

Logan chuckled before moving backward.

"You'd have to get used to this since I'll be pretending to be your boyfriend," he stated teasingly.

The mere thought of it made her flush, and Logan noticed, a smug look on his lips. This was going to be interesting. "That's what they do, right?" he teased.

With a roll of her eyes, Harper muttered,

"Whatever." Her arms folded against her chest.

Shrugging, Logan fixed his bag, which was on his shoulder.

"I'll see you later, Princess," Logan said and left before Harper could even warn him about the name.

She rolled her eyes.

***

The wide classroom was loud with people chatting in groups, filled with whispers.

Harper and Logan's scandal was the topic, and Tyla felt sad for her friend.

She sat uncomfortably in her seat, seemingly blaming herself for forcing Harper to go to that stupid party.

Guilt washed over her.

She couldn't describe how bad she felt for her friend—how hurt she was. She knew how much Harper disliked trouble, and Tyla wasn't willing to put her friend into trouble. She just thought her friend needed to loosen up.

She meant, Tyla always found Harper in the library reading. No parties, nothing!

She couldn't help but think her friend was losing something all girls her age had.

Harper hadn't been in a relationship with anyone all her life, and she was 21?

It did not make much sense to Tyla.

And now, she had given Harper this crazy idea to ask Logan Hayes to fake-date her.

She knew she had a point, but how was Harper going to ask Logan Hayes that? How was he even going to react? Did she have the courage to?

Answers?

Tyla didn't know.

She just hoped her friend would be okay.

Her main question now was how?—How did the scandal come out? Was it Logan Hayes himself who brought the whole thing out, or who?

Turning behind her, Tyla saw a girl scrolling through her phone while chewing gum. Sighing, she waved at her.

"Umm, hi."

"Hi," the girl replied sharply.

"So, I was wondering, have you heard about the Harper Reed and Logan Hayes scandal?" Tyla asked, going straight to the point.

"Yes, who hasn't? Girl, it's epic!" the girl squealed.

"I know, right?" Tyla forced a chuckle to meet the girl's own. "But I was wondering, how do they know it's true?" Tyla said. Anticipation took the better of her as she awaited the girl's response.

The girl, on the other hand, looked as if she was in deep thought.

Tyla was right—that was the question people on campus were supposed to ask.

Then the girl's eyes lit up, her fingers clapping. A light chuckle escaped her lips as she grabbed her phone from the desk.

Tyla stared at the girl, who was currently scrolling through her phone.

"Don't mind me, I literally follow up on all trends. I've even followed the scandal channel. Can you believe that?" she giggled.

"So, what do you think? Who do you think did it?" Tyla asked, losing her patience, curiosity getting the better of her.

"Turns out a drunk partygoer saw Harper Reed entering Logan Hayes' dorm!" the girl said.

Tyla was processing this.

So Harper's whole reputation was ruined because of some stupid drunk partygoer?!

She frowned.

"Really? That's really bad," she turned to the girl, who nodded in agreement with her.

"I can't believe what I'd do if I was the one in her shoes," she added.

Tyla nodded. "Thanks."

"Oh, don't worry," the girl said with a smile and a shrug.

Tyla turned.

The girl picked up her phone when it buzzed.

New update on Harper Reed and Logan Hayes case🔥🔥

"Oh, that's going to be interesting!" she said, making a squeaky sound.

Tyla turned to her.

"What?" Tyla asked.

"PERFECT DEAN'S DAUGHTER IS CROSSING BOUNDARIES." the girl read.

Tyla's eyes widened.

She abruptly checked her phone.

She saw the same update, together with a picture of Harper pinned against the wall by Logan, and they were staring intensely at each other.

"Oh my gosh!" she exclaimed.

After reading the entire article, the girl behind Tyla chuckled.

"Are they in a relationship or what?" the girl asked.

"How do I know?" Tyla muttered, both excited and disturbed.

Could it be that Harper and Logan had sealed the fake-dating deal?

Just then, Harper entered the class.

Tyla immediately ran toward her.

"Feed me with the whole gist, babe!"