Chapter 40

Rose Greyson

It was familiar. The look, the way my heart escalated whenever I felt his eyes on me. The way my legs went weak at his mere presence. I knew it was unavoidable. Silence prevailed as soon as he entered the lecture theater. All of a sudden, I felt bitterness at the pit of my tongue. I needed something to occupy my taste buds. And Blake was nowhere to be found.

He burned me down with his gaze. Something in me told me to excuse myself and leave the class, while some part of me disagreed. If I chose the former and left the class, it would give him the satisfaction that I was afraid to face him. I couldn’t let him have that.

I adjusted my sitting position as I focused my attention on him while he went on about his lectures, which I wasn’t really paying attention to. His voice was as hard as his eyes, piercing through the ears. He went on and on about some historians who made an impact to change the world we are in now. I bet that was why I saw all the