Chapter 165

I clenched my teeth, each word pushed out through pure fury. "You called it 'pursuing,' but everything you did was harassment. You even tried to get her drunk, and now you're pretending none of it happened? You're disgusting." Michael grew more flustered by the second. After I finished, he paused, then suddenly straightened up and said, like it was nothing, "I already said I was young and reckless. Yeah, maybe I used the wrong approach, but I really did like her. "People change, right? I've grown up, and I wouldn't do something like that now. What, you think nobody's allowed to make mistakes? Besides, it's not like I committed some huge crime." Then, that same smug, dismissive look I remembered crept back onto his face. "You're accusing me of trying to force her—do you have proof? Sure, maybe I got carried away, but I never actually forced her." I drew in a slow, shaking breath, then lunged. Michael flinched and stumbled back, instantly yelping like a coward. "Hey! You can't ju