Zane's Little Regret.

Zane Orion POV:

I feel like complete shit. Like an asshole. I didn't come in today with the intention to ignore Alex, but as soon as I stepped into the class and caught her startling eyes watching for mine, I panicked.

And it all went downhill from there. Quietly. Privately. A battle between just the two of us in the full classroom. One, I failed woefully. I couldn't face her after the way she left my house the last time.

And I was the careless one who brought her in. I really don't know what I was thinking. I guess I simply wasn't thinking at all. I was the one at fault. And yet she bore the full brunt of it. I can't look her in the eyes without feeling my guilt lodge itself in my throat.

"Professor Orion?" The girl in front of me says, pulling my attention away from the closed door Alex just walked through. I look down to see that I am squeezing the book in my fist. This is the first edition of my first ever published book. I loosen my hold.

"Oh. Yeah. Here you go." I do the autogr