CRYSTAL POV
I clenched my jaw. "This has nothing to do with my work," I shot back angrily.
"It has everything to do with it." His response came instantly. "You let your emotions control you," he continued. "In class, with other students. Even just now."
My brows furrowed. "Just now?" I repeated.
"With Tara," he said.
I scoffed lightly. "She started it."
"And you finished it," he replied.
I opened my mouth to argue… then stopped.
Because he wasn't wrong. And that annoyed me more.
"You embarrassed yourself," he added.
That hurt me harder than I expected.
"I didn't...".I tried saying in defence.
"You did."
"You're better than that," he continued. "But you choose not to be."
Something about the way he said it…made my chest tightened. Tightened becaus
