All Chapters of The Scandal In Room 214: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

CANDACEI followed Elias across campus with my heart somewhere in my throat. He didn’t say anything after we left the lecture hall, and I found myself grateful for the silence because I wasn’t sure I could have carried on a normal conversation with him anyway. Students moved around us in every direction, talking, laughing, rushing to their next classes. Everything looked normal. That was the strangest part.Elias led me toward the older faculty building, away from the busiest part of campus. I glanced at him, but he kept his eyes ahead, his expression giving nothing away.“Where are we going?” I asked.“Somewhere we can talk without being interrupted.”That did nothing to calm me.He pushed open the door to a small faculty study room and let me enter first. The room was quiet and plain, with two chairs beside a desk and a window overlooking part of the courtyard. Elias closed the door behind us, and the click of the latch seemed louder than it should have.I turned toward him, foldin

CANDACEI called Bridgette because I needed something normal. At least, that was what I told myself.Even when someone walked too close behind me on campus, I found myself looking over my shoulder before I could stop myself. I needed to hear a familiar voice, something stupid and ordinary that didn’t make me feel like someone was watching me.Bridgette picked up after the third ring.“Hello?”I smiled faintly. “Hey.”There was a strange amount of noise behind her. I could hear voices, movement, and someone laughing loudly in the background. Then Bridgette suddenly lowered her voice.“Wait.”I frowned. “What?”There was a muffled sound, as though she had covered the phone with her hand. A second later, she suddenly said, “Yes!”This time, she practically yelled it, making me pull the phone away from my ear.“Bridgette?”She laughed. “Sorry.”“Where are you?”“I’ll call you back.”I frowned. “What?”“In thirty minutes.”“Why?”“I’m in class.”I stared at the phone. “Thirty minutes!”Th

CANDACEI barely slept. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the same thing: the mask, his eyes, the way he’d said my name, and then the horrible realisation that the person I’d been standing with all night wasn’t a stranger at all. It was Elias.By morning, I was exhausted enough to feel numb. I sat on the edge of my bed, staring at my phone. No messages. I should have been relieved, but instead, I kept wondering if he was thinking about me too. I hated that I even had to ask myself that.Last night was a mistake. That was what I had decided. It had to be. I had gone there because I wanted to forget everything. I wanted to be anonymous. I wanted to step outside the version of myself everyone knew. Instead, I’d walked straight into another secret, one that had Elias written all over it.I got dressed and left for campus. I expected him to avoid me, and I planned to do the same. It should have been easy. It wasn’t.I had barely made it across the courtyard when I heard my name.“Candace.

Candace POVI kept my head down as I walked away from Elias’s office, trying to act as if nothing had happened like I hadn’t had sex with my professor in school.My fingers squeezed the strap of my bag as I made my way down the hallway. I could still feel his hands all over me and they kept gripping and pinching my tits.I could still remember the way he had looked at me afterwards, like he was just as confused as I was. I hated that I could remember every little detail, but I hated even more that I didn’t actually want to forget any of it.By the time I reached the next building, I had already checked my phone three times without actually reading anything. I sat through the rest of the afternoon pretending to pay attention, but my mind kept drifting back to the same moment. Every time I caught myself thinking about it, I tried to replace it with something else. Notes, assignments, messages, anything that could keep my mind occupied. Nothing worked for long.I should have regretted

Candace POVI knew I was making a mistake before I even knocked.I’d spent the entire morning telling myself I wasn’t going to do this. But the thought was still there.I needed to talk to him About us, or whatever we were now.I waited until I was sure he’d be alone before making my way to his office. When I reached his door, I stood there longer than I should have, staring at it and wondering if I was really about to do this.I could still turn around.Instead, I raised my hand and knocked.“Come in.”I opened the door.Elias was sitting behind his desk, looking through a stack of papers. He looked up when I walked in, and for a second, something shifted in his expression. It was so quick that I wasn’t even sure I’d seen it.Then it was gone.“Miss Winters.”I closed the door behind me.“Hi.”He waited.I stood there awkwardly, suddenly very aware that I’d walked into his office with absolutely no idea how to start the conversation I’d spent all morning convincing myself I needed t