PLOT TWIST

ARIANA'S POVI chuckled nervously, and glanced down at the shirt. “Ohh…. this.” I muttered, rubbing the back of my neck. “I just found it in my laundry basket.” I lied, avoiding her eyes.That lie was ridiculous.Maya just stared at me, clearly unconvinced. “Found it in your laundry basket?” Her brows furrowed. “Really Ria? That's the best lie you could come up with?” She shook her head in disappointment.I really needed to learn how to lie.“I'm not lying.” I lied again.She scoffed, and rolled her eyes. “That's obviously a man's shirt. It’s literally too big on you. Wait…” She paused, narrowing her gaze. “Don't tell me it's Scott’s?” I almost scoffed.Wear Scott shirt after all he did and said to me? No way! If I ever saw his cloth here, I was going to burn it. I don't care how much it costs.“It's not.” I looked away.“So whose is it?” Maya pressed on.I bit down on my lips.How do I explain everything to her? Seems I'll have to start from anywhere because I'm sure Maya won't l

Last Updated : 2026-06-26

YOU LOOK HORRIBLE

ARIANA'S POVI shot to my feet so fast I nearly tripped over my own legs. "Keep your voice down!" I hissed, looking nervously toward the wall separating our apartment from his.Maya stared at me, then she stared at the wall. She slowly turned back to me, then back to the wall. Then back to me again. "No."I blinked. "What?""No, no, no, no, no." She shook her head rapidly as she stood up from the bed and started pacing across my room. "Absolutely not. I reject this information.""Maya—""No!" She pointed at me accusingly. "Do you understand what you've just told me?""Unfortunately yes.""You met a stranger in a club.""Yes.""You sat on his lap.""Accidentally.""You got drunk.""Yes..""You climbed onto him."I buried my face in my hands. "We don't have to keep saying that part.""You begged him to touch you.""Oh my God… Maya!!!""You wore his shirt.""Please stop.""You slept in his apartment.""We are using the word ‘slept’ very loosely here.""And now you're telling me that this

Last Updated : 2026-06-27

HARSH TRUTH

ARIANA'S POVTania stood near the doorway with her arms crossed.Great.Just when I thought I could have a moment of peace in the restroom, she had to ruin it.I turned back toward the sink. "I'm not in the mood, Tania.""Neither was I when you started dating my boyfriend."My hand froze.Slowly, I looked at her through the mirror. "What?"She laughed quietly. "You didn't know?"I said nothing.Her heels clicked softly against the floor as she stepped closer. "I knew Scott first." She shrugged. "Long before you showed up.”An uncomfortable feeling stirred in my chest."We dated in high school." She continued casually. "We broke up because we were young, and then college happened."I stared at her, chest tightening."He always came back eventually." She smiled slightly. "I guess some people are just temporary distractions."My fingers tightened around the edge of the sink.Temporary distraction.The words lodged themselves deep inside my chest.Scott had never mentioned her as his ex

Last Updated : 2026-06-27

EMPTY LOUNGE

ARIANA'S POVOhhh… shit. No way.It can't fucking be. But I checked well… he wasn't there any longer.Fuck.I should have checked again.Oh my God.Why did this have to happen to me? I squeezed my eyes shut as I inhaled deeply.Slowly, I turned around. My eyes met with grey ones.Hold on… not blue? The tightness in my chest instantly loosened.It wasn't Professor Thiago. It was Professor Reynolds from Statistics.Relief hit me so hard I almost burst into tears right there."Professor." I smiled weakly.His brows pulled together slightly. "Are you alright?"“Yes.” I forced out, even though my heart was still trying to recover from the five seconds of absolute terror I'd just experienced.For one horrifying moment, I'd been completely convinced it was him.Professor Thiago.If it had actually been him standing there?Oh God.I would've simply evaporated, turned into dust or vanished from the face of the earth.I would've prayed for the floor to open up and swallow me whole. I would've

Last Updated : 2026-06-28

HELP ME

ARIANA'S POVI should've texted Maya. I should've told her where I was going. I should've listened to that stupid little voice in my head that had been screaming at me to turn around and walk away.Instead, I was here alone with him.I swallowed hard. "What do you want, sir?” I asked carefully.A dark smirk curled on his lips as his gaze trailed to my cleavage, then down to my thighs "You know what I want, Ms. Castillo."Revulsion crawled beneath my skin.I jerked my hands free. "I'm sorry, sir, but I don't know what you mean." I said politely as I began moving toward the door.This time, he grabbed my hair roughly, pulling me back hard enough for a sharp yelp to leave my lips."Prof—"The rest of the word disappeared against his palm.Panic exploded inside my chest. I twisted and struggled against him, but his grip refused to loosen."Now..." he murmured near my ear. "Don't make this difficult.""Hmm... let me go." I managed, though the words came out muffled."Even if you scream, no

Last Updated : 2026-06-29

PLEASE BELIEVE ME

THIAGO'S POVI wasn't supposed to be anywhere near the professor's lounge right now.The professor's meeting had already started at the event hall and, if I was being honest, I would've preferred being anywhere else entirely.Unfortunately, I had left my charger sitting on my desk after my morning lecture and my phone battery had chosen today of all days to be really low.So while everyone else sat inside the hall discussing schedules and departmental reports, I found myself walking back toward the building I'd left almost twenty minutes earlier.I wasn't exactly in a hurry.As I walked, I recalled who else I'd seen in this building earlier that afternoon.Ariana Castillo.Last night had been complicated.She had somehow managed to turn my entire evening upside down.I'd watched her cry in my living room. I'd watched her fall asleep wearing my shirt. Then this morning, I'd watched her sneak out of my apartment like she was escaping a crime scene.The corner of my mouth twitched despit