~Valeria~
Walking into school Monday morning felt like walking into a war zone where I was the main target with a sniper on site.
The stares started before I even made it through the front doors. Whispers followed me down the hallway like a shadow I couldn't shake off. Everyone was looking at me, and of course, not in a good way.
"There she is."
"Can you believe what happened at Romano's?"
"He literally said she belonged to him in front of everyone."
"So cringe. I’d have preferred to be swallowed up by the ground."
Right. Because I was the cringe one here. Not the guy who'd stormed into a restaurant and made a scene that probably got posted on every social media platform within an hour.
I kept my head up and walked to my locker, pretending I couldn't hear the comments or see peopl
