12. A Store Run

Xenia

I walk away without turning back as tears begin to blur my vision. This has to be a joke, a nightmare. There’s no way I let my guard down for someone to completely deceive me like this. Did Aiden put him up to this? I half expect someone to pop out with a candid camera, but it never happens. To make matters worse, he hasn’t even come after me. I mean, there was no calming me down now and I wouldn’t listen to anything he has to say. The damage has been done. But he was really just going to allow me to walk away all alone in the middle of the night like this? He drove me here. He knows I have no way home. I’m just in complete shock at his actions. The kiss we shared and the way he made me feel… I thought it was meaningful. Did something happen during our date or had he planned this all along? What had I done wrong?

Now I’m analyzing every single thing. No. No. I can’t go there. It wasn’t me. He’s obviously just some sick, sadistic, asshat. Probably one of those predators that gets