Chapter 101. It All Went Down

Teyana’s POV

I ran.

I didn’t wait to see anyone’s expression, though murmurs and shocking comments flooded the hall, I couldn’t wait to process them.

Maybe I was running from myself too.

My heels hit the floor unevenly, clacking like gunfire against it as I stumbled down the corridor. My breath tore out of me in fragments. I didn’t even realize I was crying until the air hit the tears on my cheeks. Everything in me shook. My body, my thoughts, my pulse—none of them obeyed me anymore.

I turned sharply at the end of the hall and leaned against a pillar, trying to steady my breathing. My chest was pounding so hard I thought I might faint. I pressed a hand to it and squeezed my eyes shut, trying to think.

But my mind was chaos.

Did they really just show that?

Did the entire world just watch me in Jeremy’s arms? My stepbrother’s arms. And my face was like that…vulnerable in his hold.

Oh my God.

I covered my mouth, feeling