Callum’s POV
I couldn’t focus. It wasn’t just the betrayal of knowing that Bianca had cheated on me in a cheap motel, but the fact that everyone kept staring at me everywhere I went. Their whispers followed me like a dark cloud. I felt like a laughingstock, or worse—someone they pitied.
I tried to ignore them. Tried to tell myself that it wasn’t her in the pictures, that this whole ordeal had been orchestrated by Liora in an attempt to sabotage my engagement.
But as the day wore on, that became easier said than done.
By the time classes were out for the day, I couldn’t bear it anymore. I found Bianca in her dorm—I knew she was there before I even knocked. Her laughter emanated from within. She wasn’t alone.
I hesitated at the door, hand lifted to knock, wondering if I s
