123-Sending Threats

Carena:

Sawyer made everyone's jaws drop. I tried not to breathe loudly because Sawyer was examining me keenly. I didn't want his eyes to notice the rise and fall of my chest.

"Um, I got angry because she was being rude," I said, hoping to divert Sawyer's attention away from me. He was leaning over me in front of everyone, watching my body and face with such adoration or lust that I trembled.

"And?" he asked, leaning even closer. His breath was now brushing against my skin.

Mr. and Mrs. Bob were staring at us as if they had seen ghosts. My heart was pounding in my chest.

"And then she started crying and..." Before he could do anything else, I quickly changed the subject, "I got fired because of her drama."

I finished, taking a deep breath, thinking I had conveyed my truth successfully and that he would walk away.

"They fired you?" Sawyer's jaw tightened, and he turned his gaze towards the Bobs, startling them.

"We said if she disrespected--" Mr. Bob began, with his wife now hiding beh