Elena's POV

To be your uncle's sex partner.

I almost said it. But the words stopped at the edge of my tongue, trapped behind clenched teeth.

He was already seething, and I could feel his anger radiating like heat.

"Let me guess," he went on, voice dripping with accusation. "You came running to him, didn't you? Told him everything I did? You think you can get me punished?"

I blinked, startled. "Punished? What do you mean?"

Jake laughed bitterly. "Don't play dumb. Thanks to you, my graduation project was deemed unqualified after the stupid principal answered a call from my uncle."

His voice dropped, seething with anger. "And you know...