Raven's POV
The words explode out of me before I can stop them, raw and desperate and angry all at once.
"What do you want from me? You and your friends have never cared about my existence!" My voice cracks but I push forward, needing to get this out. "You want to frustrate me too, right? You think I'm a slut, you want to f**k me and that's why you're being nice to me. Don't pretend like this is anything else. All of you are known for your history with girls, but I'm telling you to let me be. Let me fight my own battles and—"
He doesn't let me finish. His thumb pushes past my lips and into my mouth, silencing me instantly. The action is so sudden, so intimate and possessive that my brain short-circuits. Students are walking past us, staring and whispering, but he doesn't seem to care at
