VALERIA
Later, in the car.
Yes, I wasn’t able to win against him in the end. Or to be more specific, he didn’t even give me a chance to.
From the corner of my eyes, I could see him wearing a serious expression as he scrolled through his tablet.
‘He looks really good in glasses…’
Before my thoughts could drift further along that path, I snapped back to reality with an inward yelp.
‘For goodness sake, Valeria! Is now really the time for your nymphomania to act up?’
Regardless of the suffocating awkwardness in here that was getting increasingly impossible to ignore?
Seriously!?
After giving myself a good scolding, I sat upright and thought, ‘No, I can’t let this go on.’
I have to do or say something! Anything!
So, without fully processing the thought that suddenly popped into my mind, I found myself blurting out, “I plan to move closer to school—I have an apartment there.”
‘What the h*ll was I saying?!’ I screamed internally after a belated reaction.
