Chapter 25: Sparing

Olivia POV

“No.”

As I sat there in Mr. Green’s office, I knew he was talking but I couldn’t hear a single word he said. I was feeling numb, to say the least. Tears wanted to fall from my eyes but I was holding my breath, trying hard not to shed any.

A simple word that cut like a knife.

The moment he said it, I felt as though my heart was ripped out of my chest and torn into a million tiny pieces.

It knocked all the air from my lungs, and I tried so hard not to show how affected I was by it.

Damon snorted, and when he looked at me, I could see confusion and what seemed to be sympathy.

I didn’t want that; I didn’t want any of this.

From that simple but deadly No, I wanted to run away and not look back.

I didn’t know what I expected, but I knew I would not