Chapter 68. Can We Talk?

2014

Amelia’s POV

I looked up, and there he was. Darren.

I hadn’t seen him all morning (the one good thing about being a junior and him a senior), and now, standing in front of me, he looked…off. His hair was messier than usual, and his jaw was tight, like he hadn’t gotten much sleep.

“Can we talk?” he asked.

Before I could even process it, Kaylee stood up so fast that her chair scraped against the floor.

“You’ve got a lot of nerve showing your face here after what you did,” she snapped.

Darren barely glanced at her. “Kaylee, you weren’t there. You don’t understand what happened.”

“Oh, I understand perfectly.”

“Amelia.” Darren turned back to me. “Please.”

I clenched my jaw. “I don’t want to talk to you.”

Darren exhaled. “Then let me say it here.”

Kaylee scoffed. “Go ahead. Be quick about it.”

Darren shot her a glare before turning back to me, his expression softening. “I’m sorry. I know there