Chapter 39
Brielle
I turn as far away from him as I possibly can, unwilling to let him witness the raw pain of rejection filling my eyes.
Humiliating enough that I put myself out there and got stomped on, I lament in my head, even as I am fighting to keep tears from escaping and coursing down my cheeks. But after the way he acted the day that we met I really should not have been surprised.
I lean my head until it rests on the window that I just rolled up and watch the world outside pass by in a blur of misshapen colors.
That is, until I begin to feel seasick, and then I close my eyes and let the tears fall at will, making sure I stay silent.
Be rational for just a minute. He never said never, Bri, just not while you have someone stalking you. Don’t you remember what he said to you in
