#26 | SS 270317
pervorto (lat.) - to destroy, ruin, undo, corrupt.
❝i'm so used to being used.❞
in which an innocent college student is forced to pay for her brother's careless, dirty mistakes the worst way possible.
for a second, lauren hesitates. "talk to me? what about exactly, professor?"
his tone isn't appalled, though neither is it malicious. in fact, it's more flat and indifferent than i've ever heard lauren use.
"oh, you know." kaden shrugs indifferently, the pads of his thumbs bumping against one another ever so slightly as he looks him up and down, then flicks his gaze to me for a split second, before standing up. "mind explaining to me why haven't you handed in your assignment papers, mr. hawt?"
"i guess i forgot." such an indifferency. so vastly arbitrary to the way he was almost murdering kaden with his eyes from across the room just mere minutes ago.
but kaden isn't thrown off. he leans his hip against the side of his disgustingly big table, and crosses his arms in front of his chest. this causes his shirt to strain against his bicep muscles, something i know he's pretty adamant about showing to whoever ends up in his way.
the warning bell rings through my mind. i know this tactics. i know what this gesture's supposed to mean. he is trying to appear higher. not only physically, but generally. he wants to show us, show lauren, that he's the one in power here. that we're just figurines waiting to be checkmated.
i feel the skin at the nape of my neck prickle, but kaden only smiles amusedly, tilting his head to the side, "make a note to not forget next time. it's your grade that's in stakes here, after all."
he starts turning around, signaling that we're dismissed, but looks to change his mind at the last second. "oh, and reina, i skated over your papers briefly but i think you were missing the main point in there. i mean, the whole aspect was pretty good, but i think that if you're picking such a difficult topic, it's important to address ALL of the pros and cons along the process. we're talking about the history of white collar crimes, and what else's better to show the bribery provided than giving us a full scoop of all the implications?"
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the sun is out, sedately sitting atop the few fluffy clouds, but that still doesn't make the frost settled in my bones melt away.
i had no idea what kaden was talking about, but i know one thing for sure. i never turned in my assignement, because i never even wrote one in the first place.
on the other hand, i'm pretty sure i noticed multiple files concerning white collar crimes in lauren's computer. and i can't keep my tongue behind my teeth about it. "you didn't forget about the crime research paper."
it slips out of my mouth as i look down at the gravel crunching under our feet. we keep walking though, and for a moment, he doesn't say anything in reply. then he sighs, heavily, as if he was having trouble letting the words out. "you're far more observant than i thought."
the easy calmness that surrounded us before kaden ruined it is nowhere to find now.
"apparently." i say, still waiting for him to say something more. but he doesn't, so i take the matter into my own two hands. "so, why did you do it? why scribble my name on something that you wrote just because i forgot to do mine? you don't always have to try to save me, lauren, you know?"
this time, i'm looking straight at him, and so is he. we've stopped walking and i have this weird feeling settled in the pit of my stomach, which is there because for the first time in what feels like eternity, i don't have a clue what's about to happen. what he's about to say. why he's doing things i have no explanation for, dragging himself deeper into the mud, when all i've been trying to do is to keep him safely on the dry land.
he opens his mouth to finally give me a reply, but the words that roll off his tongue are not the ones i've been expecting. because all he does is look at me with this hurt, such a hurt and heartbroken, look it makes me want to puke my guts out, as he asks, "did you sleep with him?"
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