All Chapters of Sleeves Flowing in Spring: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

Ryan’s breath tickled my ear, and I lightly pinched his waist in response.Honestly, even that felt better than Ethan’s.I had not expected Ryan to take me to GNR when he said that he would show me a good time.This place was inconvenient.After all, this was where my wonderful boyfriend and dear best friend had planned to party tonight.I tugged at Ryan’s sleeve. “Let’s go somewhere else. It’s too loud.”However, he would not be Ryan Carter if he listened to me.“You can go home on your own.”The dim lights cast an illusion of intimacy.He reached out and gently pinched my earlobe.“Besides, it’s quiet in the private rooms.”…Who said private rooms were quiet?All that shouting inside nearly shattered my eardrums.I got up and stepped into the hallway for some air.Even though it was the middle of summer, the air-conditioning inside was cranked up way too high.I was not planning to stop until I passed one of the rooms.My boyfriend’s voice was just too recognizable.

“You should really start putting more effort into your looks.”Attached was a picture of the lipstick he had bought.Too bad I had an excellent memory.I opened Claire’s social media and scrolled back to a post from a few days ago. Just as I had suspected, it was the exact same lipstick.[This shade is hideous.]I scrolled up to her most recent post from earlier today.It was a luxury gift set of lipsticks from the same brand.[Someone got these to make it up to me. Hehe.]…The situation could not be clearer.Ethan’s cluelessness had led him to buy lipstick for Claire, only for her to trash it.So, to make it up to her, he bought her the entire luxury set.Rather than let the rejected one go to waste, he graciously handed it down to me like some kind of pity offering. He gave me the lipstick that Claire did not want. He probably thought that nine hundred dollars was a fortune to me, that I would be grateful.…Some faint rustling behind me told me that Ryan was standin

Ethan was still pulling me along when I turned back to look at Ryan.His dark eyes were fixed intently on me.…“Why do you want to… Hey!”The sports equipment room was the last place anyone would wander into.Before I could react, Ryan grabbed my wrist.“Getting a little too comfortable around Ethan now?”He looked at me, and I could actually feel it this time. Was he a little mad?“I just wanted a chance to get back at him.”I stared at the thin layer of dust on the floor, the only marks left behind from the basketball hoop being dragged across it.A sudden thud startled me.Ryan had slammed his hand against the basketball cart behind me and caged me in.He was clearly not in a great mood.“When are you dumping that idiot?”The space between us was almost nonexistent. For a long moment, we just stared at each other in silence.Then, I finally asked, “Ryan, are you asking me as a friend or…?” My voice was barely a whisper.He fell silent, and so did I.I was not sure

“Say that again?”“I said, your daughter’s a shameless little homewrecker who seduced my son!”Mrs. Scott was livid. My dad’s dismissive tone had clearly set her off.“Oh? I’m not the one who seduced your son, am I? Since it was my daughter, talk to her instead.”The second he said this, everyone in the office went quiet.“Hang on, I… You… Is this really how you’re raising your kid?”Mrs. Scott was so furious that she could barely get her words out.My dad continued spouting his nonsense over the phone, “Besides, if my daughter seduced your son, doesn’t that just mean she has skills? If your son fell for her, that just proves he’s weak.”Seeing the blood rushing to Mrs. Scott’s face, the homeroom teacher finally stepped in and took the phone.“Sir, we need you to come to the school and address this. If we can’t come to a resolution, we may have to suspend your daughter and issue disciplinary action.”I was so worried that my dad was going to say, “Suspend her, then. It’s not