Trust is like glass, once cracked, it never looks the same again."
Arielle – POV
Everyone had seen the video.
I couldn’t breathe without feeling their eyes crawling over my skin. Their whispers sliced deeper than knives.
“She moaned like she meant it.”
“Bet she’s not so innocent anymore.”
“Xavier made her wild.”
I wanted to disappear.
Hide under a blanket and never come out.
But life didn’t work that way, especially not when the guy in the video was Empire High’s golden boy.
And I was just the nobody who got caught touching him.
Knight Mansion – Xavier’s POV
I punched a hole in the wall.
Not metaphorically. Literally.
My father didn’t even flinch. Just looked at the damage and sipped his scotch.
“You leaked it,” I growled.
He didn’t answer. Didn’t deny it.
“You used her.
