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On my tiptoes, I peered inside through the small square window, pulse ratcheting at the sight of his carefree expression.
He rolled his neck, massaging away a knot in nothing but a white towel. His raven hair dripped sweat across his face. He looked like a bronze god, his biceps and abs bulging and glistening.
The dull ache between my legs intensified, and that was when I realized it had always been there. That it had never really left since I got myself off in his library.
My backpack hit the floor with a soft thud. I pushed the door open and strolled in, still clothed.
Zach’s eyes remained firmly shut, but somehow, he still said, “How did you find me?”
“Followed the stench of wealth.”
“Is this the part where I’m supposed to get offended?”
“This is the part where you tell me why you stood me up.”
Steam slowly seeped into me, marinating with the rage boiling in my veins. The humidity glued my hair to the nape of my neck, dampening my clothes until they clung to my body.
If he opened his eyes, he’d get a front-row view of my nipples saluting him through the white fabric.
He didn’t.
Zach adjusted the rolled towel behind his neck, eyes still closed. “Didn’t feel like seeing your face.”
“Are you serious right now?”
“I think we’ve established I’m not one to joke around.”
Stepping forward, I shook my head. “You can’t just stand me up.”
“I can.” His eyes snapped open, his mood shifting from nonchalantto attentive in 0.2 seconds. “Case in point—I did.”
“If you’d have told me, I could’ve slept in.”
“You couldn’t have, though. You had training with Andras.”
“I could’ve shifted things around.”
“Negatory again. You have work to do, Cinderella.”
“But I?—”
He cut me off. “Did you know that the female octopus does not eat or clean herself after giving birth? She dies soon after she tends to her eggs. Males, too, become senescent and expire a few weeks after mating.”
What?
“That’s depressing.”And bizarre. “Thanks for the not-so-fun fact. Anyway, back to the topic?—”
“The female octopus can lay as many as four hundred thousand eggs. And she spends her life protecting them, night and day, shielding them with her body before perishing once they hatch.”
“Are you vying for a National Geographic career?” Salty sweat leaked into my mouth. The wet air drenched my whole body from head to toe. This no longer felt like the glamorous confrontation I’d expected it to be. “What does any of this have to do with anything?”
“You seem fiercely loyal.” He hitched a shoulder up. “I once knew a man like that.”
I refused to let him butter me up. Especially since this marked the first time we’d spoken to each other since he saw me masturbating.
I shook my head. “I’m so angry with you.”
“Don’t be.”
