Present Tense

"I don't want a relationship," I mumbled under my breath. I looked back up at Tessa. "Go back to your boyfriend. You'll be his only priority,"
"But I want yo-" Tessa broke off her sentence midway.
"Don't give me this...bullshit," I lowered my voice at the last word, so that Keline won't hear it.
Tessa looked up at me, her eyes searched mine for a hint of regret for saying that. When she found nothing in them, her gaze fell to the ground in humiliation.
Before I could say another word, her lips were pressed onto mine.