Billion Dollar Lesson: A Student Teacher Romance by Linnea May

Author:Linnea May [May, Linnea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Claire

„I’m fine, really,” I say again, while Scott insists on accompanying me to the bathroom.

„Don’t worry, I’m just making sure you’re safe,” he says, walking closely next to me. „The hallways are always a bit creepy at night, don’t you think?”

„Not really,” I say. „The lights are on and there are lots of people around. Besides, we’re still on campus. It’s safe here. You can go back to the others.”

But he shakes his head and smiles at me. He seems to be completely oblivious to the fact that I was trying to be by myself for a moment. I needed to get out of there, not only because Scott’s advances are starting to get on my nerves.

I just couldn’t watch him anymore. I couldn’t witness the way that other woman was talking to him. I’ve never seen her before and have no idea who she is, but she was too old to be a student, so I’m assuming she must be faculty as well. She was pretty, and he seemed to enjoy talking to her.

I feel so stupid. How could I ever think that a man like him would really be that interested in someone like me? He’s so out of my league, and he made it more than clear that he has absolutely no interest in being with me anymore. Maybe he’s just using his job as an excuse to get rid of me?

Scott goes as far as holding the door open for me, which I regard with a short-lived smile, before I tell him once again that he should go back to the others.

„I’ll be right here when you get out,” he says with a big smile on his face. It sounds more like a threat than a promise to me.

I close the door behind myself and walk over to the sink, where I splash some cold water on my hands and wrists, before I just stand there, supporting myself on the sink, while I stare at my reflection in the mirror.

„You’re such an idiot,” I hiss to myself.

My voice echoes against the tiles of the bathroom, and I look over my shoulder to make sure that all the stalls are empty. Thank God, there’s no one here.

I close my eyes, enjoying the quiet after having spent so much time surrounded by chatter and loud music. I’ve never been much of a party girl, and while I wish I was different, I just find myself exhausted and tired of all the noise sooner rather than later. It’s always the same. Stephanie is probably right to call me lame, and maybe there’s a part inside of me that pushed myself to come here tonight, just to prove her wrong. So silly.

I shake my head and turn on the water again, carefully splashing some of it on my cheeks, heated from alcohol and my growing social anxiety.

„I should just go home, shouldn’t I?” I ask my reflection. The girl in the mirror nods.

I’ll just tell Scott that I’m not feeling well—and then hope to God that he won’t insist on bringing me home.

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