Kai Taylor is My Enemy Boyfriend: A Sweet YA Romance (Rumors and Lies at Evermore High Book 5) by Emily Lowry

Author:Emily Lowry [Lowry, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eleventh Avenue Publishing
Published: 2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00

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Mac

We played demos of futuristic, interplanetary shooting games. We donned VR headsets and entered a virtual battle arena to duel with a giant troll. We ran around a massive Pac-man maze, and drove race cars around the Formula 1 track in Monaco. Kai tried on a pink bikini top and a mermaid tail in a simulation fashion show, and I didn’t think I’d ever laughed so hard in my life.

GameON was better than I could’ve anticipated. The lights were brighter, the crowd was buzzier, and the games were beyond my wildest imagination. But it wasn’t any of those things that made GameON so special. In fact, it wasn’t a thing at all.

It was a person.

I was browsing one of the shopping stalls when I realized I’d lost Kai. As the teller rang up my new t-shirt — with the words “I Paused My Game to Be Here” — I craned my neck to look for him.

I spotted him about 30 feet away, standing at a silver and blue booth. He was locked in an intense conversation with a huge dude whose arms were tattooed in sleeves and a pierced lip. Kai’s eyes were shining passionately.

Huh?

As I made my way over, Kai saw me and beckoned me forward. “Mac! Mac, come here!” He gestured at the man like they were lifelong besties. “I’d like you to meet Milton Hicks.”

I stuck out my hand automatically, and Milton shook it. “Kai has been telling me a lot about you, Mac.”

“He has?” I gaped.

“Says you’re a talented coder.”

I smiled shyly at Milton. “I don’t know about that.”

“Milton’s company is having a video game design competition!” Kai practically shouted. He was hopping up and down excitedly, radiating enthusiastic energy. “You have to enter, Mac.”

My eyes widened. “Really?”

For the first time, I noticed what was printed on Milton’s t-shirt – a blue, shimmery, circular logo that read Electric Slide Games.

No FREAKING way.

“You work for ES Games?” I could barely contain my excitement. My eyes were probably literal cartoon-heart eyes, I was fangirling so hard.

“Sure do.” Milton nodded. “I’m here at GameON to recruit people to sign up for our competition. It’s open to all up-and-coming game designers. Participants are asked to make a prototype of an original game. Deadline is the end of May and the winner gets a summer internship at ES.”

Could this day get any better?

“Where and when do I sign up?” I blurted.

Milton laughed. Passed me a tablet. “Right here, and right now.”

A few minutes later, I walked away from the Electric Slide booth feeling like I was floating on air.

“Best. Day. Ever,” I declared.

“You’re totally going to win,” Kai said.

I shook my head. “I don’t know, I’m sure they get tons of talented people signing up.”

Kai shrugged. “So? You’re talented, too.”

We meandered towards the edge of the expo, no real direction in mind. I was happy soaking everything in. It was a little quieter over here, away from the throb of the crowds clustered at the central exhibitions. We made our way past old arcade games, a cluster of kids’ games, and a Dance Dance Revolution competition.

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