ELODIE'S POV~
I thought we were done.
Thought I could just escape, maybe. Get back inside. Start working on that impossible review. Drown myself in work until I forgot the look in Nolan's eyes.
But he turned back and looked right at me.
My spine went rigid before I could stop it. "Teacher..."
"So that's who you chose."
It was not a question. It was a statement.
A cold and flat statement. Like he was looking at a failed experiment.
Then he just left. Got into his car. Didn't wait for me to respond, didn't want an explanation. The door shut with this final sound that bounced around the empty parking lot.
I stood there.
Blinking at the taillights.
What just—
"He was asking about your husband." Johnny, who was beside me, said uncomfortably.
I knew that. I knew that.
But hearing i
