The Teacher (13)

“You’re just too stubborn to listen. This is more serious than you think. So many things are at stake here,” I almost screamed.

What was so hard in understanding that I was afraid of a relationship with him? I loved him, but love alone is never enough.

People still shunned divorced ladies getting into relationships, and a relationship with Ryan would create lots of controversies for me in school, at work, and even in my relationship with Paul.

“I have to leave,” I said after I took a bath.

He was still lying where I had left him, and with a heavy heart, I bid him goodbye, vowing never to fall into his trap.

“You can ignore him. Just attend your classes, then disappear and strictly interact with him professionally. It is that easy,” I told myself.

But whom was I fooling?

Ryan wasn’t about to accept defeat and what he did next was proof of that.

RYAN

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