Alle Kapitel von Dangerous Obsession: Kapitel 51 – Kapitel 55

**JORDAN’S POV**I didn’t sleep.Not because I was crying all night or because I couldn’t stop thinking about what Alex had said, but because every time I closed my eyes, I heard those words again.Jordan was an ordinary bet.I hated how easily they came out of his mouth.Like I was nothing.Like everything that had happened between us had been some game he had been playing while I was stupid enough to believe every smile, every protective gesture, every time he looked at me like I was the only person in the room.I stared at the ceiling of the suite for what felt like hours before finally sitting up.The room was too quiet and I needed to let the noise drift away.His room was only a curtain away, and somehow that made everything worse.I got out of bed, opened my wardrobe and started packing.I didn’t even know where I was going yet.I just knew I couldn’t stay here.Every piece of clothing I pulled out felt like another reminder of him, especially the stupid basketball jersey hangi

“Has he seen the video?” Kevin asked, staring up at Sara, his hands holding my shoulder in place from shaking.Sara stared at us with a neutral expression.“Has he seen it!!” I yelled.She nodded. “Yes.”“What’d he say?” James said with a dark tone that didn’t sound nice.She shook her head. “Nothing.”Silence.The silence was even more deafening at the moment when realization hit me.Jordan—A Monroe—Jordan Elizabeth Monroe has been used by a Santiago and dumped.By a guy!!I held my head and yelled, loudly. So the siren sound in my head would go away, so the pounding sound in my skull would burn out, so I could just die and shrink to the floor.Kevin raised me up alongside James.“Sshhhhh… you don’t have to do this to yourself, Jordan. The semesters are almost over. You’ll gain yourself back, I’m always here for you, know that,” Kevin whispered in my ears.More tears flowed out of my eyes, no one was ever allowed to see this.My tears.Weakness.“Lillian was probably right. I was t

“Let’s go,” Sara said.I rolled my eyes as we left the library together.I was almost at the stairs when somebody called my name.“Jordan!”I turned.Kevin was hurrying toward us, his hands tucked into the pockets of his jeans.He looked different from the boy who had sat beside me the previous night.His smile was easy, but there was something strained about it.Something I couldn’t quite identify.“Hey,” he said when he reached us.“Hey.”He glanced at Sara.“Can I talk to Jordan for a minute?”Sara immediately frowned.“About what?”“Something important.”I looked between them and quirked a brow.“Sara, it’s fine.”She didn’t appear convinced.“Jordan—”“I’ll be okay.”She studied my face, then reluctantly stepped back.“Ten minutes,” she warned Kevin.He gave her a crooked smile.“Yes, ma’am.”She pointed a finger at him.“I’m serious.”“So am I.”Sara looked at me one last time before walking toward the dormitory.I watched her leave.Then I turned to Kevin.“What’s up?”He rubbe