The Dress Swap That Exposed Her Perfect Lie Chapter 01

The Dress Swap That Exposed Her Perfect Lie Chapter 01

Vera Winters, the undisputed queen of Fairview High, got her period and stained her skirt.

I swapped clothes with her right away.

While I was buying her tampons, the aloof genius who’d always kept his distance suddenly spoke up.

“Got everything? Hand it over. I’ll pay.”

And my sharp-tongued childhood friend, who lived to mock me, was suddenly meek and sweet.

“You… you look really pretty today.”

I froze.

I thought they were finally seeing me.

But when I turned to thank them, both flawless boys frowned and said in unison, “Wait, you?”

***

My childhood friend, Liam Young reacted first.

He leaned against the shelf, shoved a hand through his hair, and jabbed my shoulder.

“What the hell?” He let out a lazy laugh. “What’s gotten into you today, playing dress-up in a skirt?”

He gave me a slow once-over and snorted.

“You look like you wrapped yourself in a Hefty bag. The hell kind of look is that? It’s straight-up tragic. Honestly, if you can’t pull off a dress, just go full trash panda and call it a day.”

He leaned in, dragging out each word. “At least… it’d… hide… you.”

I clutched the tampons and Midol I’d just grabbed. The box crinkled in my hands.

That’s when I heard a soft laugh above me.

It was light, like someone humoring a joke they didn’t find funny.

But to me, it was deafening.

It came from the guy I’d been throwing myself at for three months.

I kept my eyes down and bit my lip hard.

If I snapped back at Liam now, the way I always did, I’d destroy whatever image I had left in Ethan’s eyes.

But Liam wasn’t used to that.