Chapter 33
I could not sleep that night.
After talking to Jasmine, I lay in bed staring at the ceiling for hours. The board meeting kept playing in my head. Richard Black’s cold eyes looking me up and down like I was something unpleasant he had to deal with. Sophia’s satisfied little smile. The administrator’s warning that one more complaint and I could lose everything. And Ethan… the way he tried to defend me even when they shut him down.
My phone was on the pillow beside me. I picked it up at least five times, staring at his name in my contacts. My thumb hovered over the call button every single time. I wanted to hear his voice. I wanted him to tell me again that I was beautiful. That my body was perfect to him. That he was willing to fight for us.
But every time I almost pressed cal
