Forbidden
Napahawak siya sa gilid ng kaniyang desk, her fingers trembling as she stared at the fierce, unbroken defiance in Lauren’s eyes.
"I am not judging you, Lauren..." Anne whispered, her voice losing all of its academic authority, replaced by a raw, cracking vulnerability. "I am... I was just..."
"Natatakot? Nasasaktan?" putol muli ni Lauren, refusing to give her an easy way out.