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“Sure,” I agreed instantly.
I knew things were pretty iffy when it came to people in power positions interviewing or having private talks with their employees or, in this case, a student. He needed the reassurance that another person was there as witness, just in case.
“I’ll talk to her after class on Tuesday, and I’ll let you know the time we decide on.”
I nodded, then moved on, leaving the other paper with him.
The man went through it with a fine toothed comb, marking a few other spots on the paper before he set it aside and went back to his file.
“You never sent me that manuscript of your book,” he said after another minute of silence.
It’d been a week and a half, and I’d almost hoped he'd forgotten about it.
Almost.
“I don’t know,” I admitted, finally feeling comfortable enough with him to say the words. “There’s uh…steamy bits in it, and that feels really awkward to hand to my professor.”
“I’m not your professor,” he said simply, leaning back in his chair. “I’m your boss.”
“Even better,” I deadpanned.
He lifted a brow at me like I was being ridiculous.
“Do you really think a forty-two year old man can’t handle a little sex in a book?”
My heart skipped a beat.
Forty-two?
Holy crap! I was losing my brain over a man twice my age!
“You don’t look like you’re in your forties,” I told him, and that made him grin.
“Well thank you, I take that for a compliment, whether you meant it that way or not.”
“Ok, I’ll send it to you,” I finally agreed. “Just, maybe…skip over the hot scenes.”
His lips twisted in that sassy grin.
“Are you kidding? The fucking is the best part.”
My mouth went dry at the way he'd said that word.
Fucking, with a little bit of a British twist that lightened the ck sound.
I was pretty sure that wasn’t ‘professional’ so to speak, but God, I loved the sound of his cursing. It was jarring and sexy at the same time.
I bloomed red with embarrassment immediately, and Owen seemed to enjoy the fact that he could get me riled up with nothing but a few words.
“Right,” I croaked, making my cheeks blush a deeper crimson until my whole face felt like it was on fire.
“You ok there?” he asked, the accent tinging his words coming out stronger as he teased me. “You look a mite bit flustered.”
“Oh, shut it,” I mumbled, which made the man laugh.
“Don’t be embarrassed, darling. Everyone fucks in this world. It’s only human.”
I grumped.
