The blood instantly, violently drained from Priya's face.
The reality of the situation crashed down on her with the force of a falling building.
She was caught… She was ruined... Derek was going to find out and her entire life was going to implode right here on this pool deck.
She scrambled frantically, releasing her grip on Wren's waist and trying to sit up with her hands slipping against the wet tiles in her panic.
"N-no!" Priya stammered.
Her dark eyes were wide with genuine horror. "Dani, wait! It isn't what you thi—thin—"
Instead, the situation took a pivot so jarring and so completely unhinged, that both Wren and Priya simply stopped to blink.
Dani completely ignored Priya's frantic stuttering. The smug, teasing smile vanished from her face, replaced by an expression of intense desperation.
With a casual flick of her wrist, Dani tossed her smartphone aside.
The device clattered harmlessly onto the stone deck, the damning photo completely forgotten.
