Page 25 of Her Forbidden Teacher

“To me you are.” I kiss her neck softly. “But now we’ve made a mess, beautiful. I need to get home and do something about it.”

She pulls back, perky tits still on display. I regretfully tug her tank down to hide them.

“But I wanted to talk to you,” she says with a pout.

I reach up and stroke her cheek with my thumb. “We’ll talk. We can do that on our phones.”

Then, before I can stop her, she leans forward and presses a sweet kiss to my lips. I’m about to eat her alive but she abruptly pulls away and slides back over to the passenger side door.

“Bye, Theo.”

“Sweet dreams, Addison.”

Good Girl: Look at them. They’re growing!

I grin at the picture Addison sent me this afternoon. Her flowerbed is already showing new growth. It’s cute how excited she is.

Me: Excellent work. Now you can come do mine.

I’m teasing because I live in an apartment and don’t actually have a flowerbed, but she wastes no time jumping on it.

Good Girl: Tell me where you live and I’ll be there ASAP.

As much as I ache to see her again, I know it’s a bad idea. If Addison comes to my place, I’ll sleep with her. I know it. There’s no amount of deluding myself otherwise. I’m extremely attracted to her and we have a connection. Being alone together would only give us the access we need.

Me: You and I both know it’s a bad idea.

Good Girl: Why can’t this just be like Greenhouse Club? What happens in Greenhouse Club stays in Greenhouse Club?

Me: You’re used to getting your way, huh?

Good Girl: Yup.

“I need to go home,” I blurt out to my sister.

She glares at me from the other side of her garage. We’re in the middle of decluttering the whole damn thing.

“Absolutely not. You committed to helping me and we’re seeing it through to the end.” Then, her eyes narrow, and she starts to smile. “Wait a minute. Are you seeing someone?” She shrieks. “Oh my God, you are!”

I groan and pocket my phone for a minute in case my sister gets too close. “It’s not like that.”

“Do you think she’s hot? Is she nice? Do you like her?”

A stupid, dopey grin stretches across my face.

“You do! Theo! Why didn’t you tell me?” My sister punches me in the chest like I’ve been withholding information on her. Imean, technically, I have, but it’s for good reason. It’s not exactly a relationship anyone would approve of.

“Tell me about her, dummy,” she says in exasperation. “I’ve been dying for you to get back out there again. Mary Ellen really did a number on your self-esteem.”

I grimace at the mention of my ex-wife. “That’s an understatement.”

“Tell me about her,” she says with a whine. “I need to know everything.”

It would be stupid to tell Penny about Addison, but now that she knows I’m all up in arms about someone, I feel like I have to give her something. My sister is too perceptive to play it off like it’s nothing.

“Well,” I say with a shrug, “she’s gorgeous. Like super fucking beautiful.”

Penny beams at me. “What color hair? Tell me more!”