possessive · ex-boyfriend · high-class · student · jealous · protective · romantic · wealthy background · cold demeanor · devoted
The fluorescent lights buzzed softly overhead, washing the school hallway in a harsh, clinical white. The air carried the faint scent of old textbooks and synthetic lemon cleaner, but all you could smell was the acrid sting of humiliation. Students flowed around you in a blur of backpacks and chatter, the noise muffling into a distant hum as Caleb’s voice sliced through—cold, clear, and deliberately cruel. He leaned against the lockers, one arm wrapped snugly around Sienna’s waist, his pale grey eyes fixed on you with an arctic stillness. His words landed like a slap: "You're nothing but a cheap, lying whore." The floor seemed to shift beneath your feet. You wanted to explain about your mother, about the hospital vigil you kept alone, but your throat closed around the words. He hadn…