25: Lights out

Pov: Bianca

Embarrassment twisted my gut into strangled knots. My chest burned from the rejection. I stared at the door, willing it to vaporize under my glare.

Groping Gabe, like Delilah and I liked to call him on campus was notorious for his arrogant and lewd behavior. He always had girls lining up to take a ride in his stupid fucking sports car. He was like royalty to the local community university and one thing he didn't know how to do was take no for an answer.

Something I had been telling him since the semester began.

I didn't know he was going to go that far today. It wasn't the first time he had groped me, but it was the first time he had tried to go all the way with me.

Sickening soup worked its way up my gut.

I had frozen. I had him where I wanted him. I just had to pull the trigger. Do the world a favour. One less deranged animal to worry about. But I had frozen instead and broken down crying like a pathetic child.

No wonder Andre had been so disgusted by me.

Heck, I wouldn'