Chapter 025

LORRAINE

“With the way you're walking, you look like you're going to collapse any minute from now” Jayden observed. I paused, my anxiety returning within the space of a second. The class has just ended and I am relieved. I wanted to rush to the bathroom to find some sort of reprieve from this chaotic day.

“I'm fine,” I said as I looked away. Somehow I felt uncomfortable looking at him for a long period. The way he looked at me made me anxious. So composure was difficult. I closed my eyes and sighed, I racked my brain for a reply but I couldn't seem to find one. Somehow, my brain always seemed to do this thing where it shuts down, leaving me empty of answers.

“You don't look fine. Your hands are trembling” he observed as his gaze traveled down the length of me. I shifted from one foot to another because I was uncomfortable. I closed my eyes and sighed. I was feeling beyond exhausted. I just wanted to have some time to myself. Was it so much to demand from the universe?

“You're comin