Ryan was flustered by my laughter, his mouth gaping open and then snapping shut. I smirked and rolled my eyes at him. "What a conceited fool!" Ryan was so angry that he couldn't speak, standing frozen while pointing at me furiously. As I turned to leave, he suddenly seized my wrist with bruising force. "Jessica, I won't let you leave me again. I'm going to bring you back. You don't know how heartbroken I was when I thought I'd lost you. I went crazy missing you! No matter how much you provoke me this time, I won't back down." Ugh, now he was pretending to be deeply in love. That was so disgusting! I yanked my wrist away. "Who do you think you are? What gives you the right?" He snorted derisively. "I decide whether I have the right!" Just as I was about to roll my eyes again, he

