Biting Back

Nadia

I stared back at Corbin, my chest tight, my eyes stinging with tears I absolutely refused to let fall.

"Wow," I said quietly. "You really think that little of me."

Something in Corbin's expression shifted. "Nadi, I didn't mean it and you know…"

"No," I cut him off. "You absolutely meant it because that's what you think, isn't it? That I'm just some pathetic girl who needs validation from men