Chapter 15: Crushing Confrontation
Chapter FIFTEEN
**Kieran Morrison**
I found him skipping out of the teacher’s office, humming loudly as though he just won a lottery ticket.
He hadn’t noticed me yet, I watched as he scanned his gaze around, appearing to be searching for someone.
It would no doubt be that blondie, I thought bitterly. William.
The jealousy that ripped through me was unexpected and unwelcome. I hated how Oliver’s eyes lit up whenever he spotted his precious best friend. Hated how he smiled at William in ways he used to smile at me. Hated how easily he’d replaced me with someone who didn’t even know the real him.
Someone who didn’t know what he was capable of.
I knew perfectly well that the blondie was his only friend in this whole school, and I couldn’t deny that it had everything to do with me. Most people stayed away from him simply because they knew I hated him, they just didn’t want to get on my bad side. Fucking smart of them, I would say.
Except that William. The closer he stayed to Oliver, the more my nerves felt grated.
And watching him search for William with that desperate, hopeful expression made something dark and possessive twist in my chest. Like he was mine to hurt, mine to control, and no one else had the right to comfort him afterward.
He spotted me in that instant. His gaze widened almost dramatically, he gulped and visibly turned pale before my eyes. I knew he was contemplating whether he should stay or make a run for it.
His gaze settled on the paper in my hand and his eyes went wide with pure terror, his breathing becoming rapid and shallow and I could see the rapid rise and fall of his chest even from the small distance between us.