I didn’t even get two steps onto campus before all those eyes hit me like a tidal wave. Girls whispering, glancing over like I’m some kind of circus act. I shoved my chin up and kept moving. No way I'm about to fall apart after the chaos I’d already survived. My dorm felt like a haven waiting just a few feet away, the lock Adrian had insisted on changing still fresh in my mind.
But I didn’t make it to the door.
As if he had been waiting for hours, Liam was resting against the brick wall. His jaw was tightening, his arms crossed, and the rage in his gaze struck me with greater force than the crisp morning air.
He stiffened upon seeing me and yelled, "You must be kidding me." “So it’s true?”
I froze. “Liam—”
“Don’t say my name like that.” He stepped forward, his voice sharp, almost trem
