#Chapter 37 Brian’s excuses

Tessa’s POV I froze when I saw Brian approaching. He was alone without Amanda, which was odd because she was always trailing behind him. Even when we dated. Brian had promised that he would leave me alone if Joseph retracted his statement, so I was surprised he wanted to talk to me. It’s been over a week since I’ve spoken to Brian and our last interaction wasn’t great. I rubbed my wrist at the memory of him grabbing me and dragging me along with him. Obviously, he wasn’t drunk now during school hours, but I really didn’t want to have any kind of conversation with him. There was nothing he could say that would change my opinion of him. “I’m going to be late for class,” I said to him. “I’ll be fast. I just want to talk,” Brian said, standing in front of me and blocking me from being able to step around him. “There’s nothing to talk about.” “I never got to explain myself with a clear mind. You left so quickly and that Professor just —” “You don’t need to explain anything, Brian