CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
IMPOSSIBLE DECISIONS
AMBER’S POV
There’s something almost poetic about how sarcastic today feels. The universe has a twisted sense of humor, and apparently, I’m the punchline. All my life, I’ve cherished invisibility. I wasn’t popular, I wasn’t hated. I was just there. Sure, I got the occasional side-eye or jabs from Valentina and her pack of minions, but I never reacted. Never tattled. Never even ranted to anyone but Jack. Being overlooked was my safety blanket.
But now? That invisibility cloak I so carefully guarded has gone up in flames.
It was bad enough that people noticed me sitting next to Derek at lunch. But for everything to spiral into a full-blown circus? Yeah, I’m officially infamous. And for the dumbest reasons.
First, thanks to Valentina’s dramatic a
