Chapter 37

Henry only released his grip on my arm when we arrived at the quad. He pushed me away from him, not enough to make me stumble or fall, but not exactly gentle either.

“Henry, please...”

“Stop it.”

“I’m telling you the truth. Why won’t you believe me?”

I tried my hardest not to cry in front of the king. I told him in detail what Jasper had done to me, but he refused to believe me. His face was one of disgust as he listened to me.

I felt the invisible wall between us grow wider. Again, I felt the sting of rejection, as if I wasn’t worthy of being believed. It hurts. It was like my chest was being crushed with ice and I couldn’t breathe.

“Because I know you’re only doing this to slander my friends, Selina.” Henry clenched his fists and looked at me in the eyes. “Jay would never do what you were accusing him of. He’s a gentleman. Ask countless women who knew him. Ask his girlfriends and his exes. They’ll tell you the same thing: he’ll never do that.”

Gentleman, my a*ss.

I chose to swallow