Mia didn't move for a long moment. She stayed on the cold bathroom floor, hugging her knees, trying to calm the tremors shaking through her. Her throat burned where his hand had pinned her, her body still humming with something she couldn't name.
It wasn't just fear.
It was heat of something like connection.
And that terrified her even more.
"Stay invisible," she whispered to herself, clutching her chest as if her mother's words could save her now. But she hadn't been invisible. She had been seen—more than seen. Leon's eyes had stripped her bare, and the memory of his lips grazing her neck made her body shiver all over again.
She scrambled to her feet, forcing her legs to move, splashing cold water on her face before darting out of the bathroom. The halls were quieter now, most students still in the cafeteria. She slipped back into the cafeteria with her heart pounding, praying no one noticed her.
And luckily, no one did.
