Under My Skin

Milo’s POV

I lay sprawled across my bed, eyes fixed on the ceiling, though I wasn’t really looking at it. My mind was far from the cracks in the plaster or the faint shadow of the ceiling fan. It was still stuck in yesterday, replaying every second I wanted to forget but couldn’t.

Ruby.

Her lips had brushed mine, quick but deliberate, and I could still feel the ghost of it, like a brand that refus