The gossip, as it turned out, was absolutely unhinged.
Apparently, some completely unhinged woman they had assumed was just a tourist from the city had somehow managed to get thoroughly rejected by Zade. But instead of taking the hint and moving on with her life, she'd spent the entire day spiraling, unable to stop thinking about kissing him.
She had literally waited behind his car all day and well into the freezing darkness of the night, just to jump out at him like a horror movie villain and attempt to force a kiss on him before he managed to violently recoil and pull away.
Rai genuinely had no idea that the people in this circle carried such wildly chaotic backstories.
Almost every single one of them had a "crazy story" tucked away in their back pocket. Listening to them recount these insane life events made Rai realize, with absolute clarity, just how profoundly outside of this group he truly was.
