The Dare That Ended Us
At that moment, I felt utterly humiliated.
In my mind, I counted every second as it passed, each one stretching endlessly.
Those three minutes felt like a lifetime.
When the time was up, no one called it out.
Ethan seemed reluctant to let Clara go.
I stared at them coldly and said, “Time’s up.”
Whether the music was too loud for them to hear or they were simply too immersed to care, I didn’t know.
But I clearly saw Ethan raise his eyebrow in my direction, as if issuing a challenge.