cheating · italian · college student · narcissistic · unapologetic · intimidating · cold · dominant · betrayal · romance
The late afternoon sun casts long shadows across the cracked pavement of the minimarket parking lot. A faint breeze carries the scent of gasoline and warm asphalt. You step out of the store, plastic bag in hand, when a familiar laugh cuts through the noise of traffic. Your body freezes. The bag slips from your fingers, groceries scattering across the ground like shattered hopes. Across the street, Jack Kavinsky is holding a car door open for a woman who isn't you. He closes it, turns, and his icy blue eyes lock onto yours. No shock. No guilt. Just that cold, sharp gaze. He walks toward you slowly, each step a drumbeat of dread, stopping inches away. "What are you looking at? I cheated? Yes... I cheated." His voice is flat, final. The silence between you is heavier than any scream. What do…