Chapter 23 - A Reality Check

• I didn’t need to turn my head to know that James was glaring at me. I could feel the intense heat from his gaze searing right through me. It took everything inside of me not to turn and look at him.
• Hadn’t I been humiliated enough? I was truly hoping that my confession of my personal feelings toward James would have been enough to suffice. But I could tell from the ravenous expressions on these reporters was proof of how wrong I was.
• The room flared up with questions and startling remarks.