Chapter 18 I clicked into the group chat and saw that one of the girls had posted an Instagram screenshot from around 1 AM . Everyone was losing their minds in the comments . [ OMG the cheer captain just went Instagram official … how many couples have hard - launched since graduation ? ] [ That girl's family has serious money - that Cartier watch alone probably costs more than my tuition . ] [ The soft launch is immaculate . Everyone's really going feral post - graduation . ] It was a screenshot of Harper's Instagram post . I clicked on the image , hating myself for it . The photo showed a guy's profile sleeping on pristine white hotel sheets , golden hour light streaming across his face . Even from that angle, I'd recognize those features anywhere . The slope of his nose , the way his hair fell across his forehead - details I'd memorized over eighteen years . My chest felt like it was caving in . Harper's caption was textbook relationship soft launch : " I walked ninety - nine steps toward you with nothing but blind faith . Thank God you finally took that last step toward me . This moment - pure happiness . ? " The post was exploding with likes and thirsty comments , Harper responding with winky faces and heart emojis . All of Tanner's boys had liked it . My blood turned to ice water . So they'd actually done it . While Tanner was on the phone last night , voice honey - sweet as he tried to manipulate me into following him to Atlanta , he was already in bed with the girl he'd chosen over me . The sheer audacity was breathtaking . My hands were shaking so hard I could barely hold my phone . Rage and heartbreak warred in my chest - I wanted to scream and throw up and disappear all at once . But underneath the devastation was a twisted sense of vindication . Thank God I hadn't changed my application . Four years of watching them play happy couple while I tagged along like their pathetic mascot would have destroyed what was left of my dignity . I locked my phone and threw it across the room , forcing myself to stop scrolling through their digital love story . I was still sitting in the wreckage of my feelings when my doorbell rang . When I opened the door , Tanner was standing there , looking like he'd slept in his clothes .