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Before I lose my nerve, I inhale and quickly enter, letting the door slam shut behind me.
His head is bent over his desk as he concentrates on the papers in front of him, but when he slowly lifts his gaze, his eyes widen before he quickly stands.
He swallows and looks nervous, as he asks, “Ms. Foster, what can I do for you? Wasn’t my email explanatory enough?” His voice isn’t as strong as usual and his words really upset me. He won’t even meet my gaze as he moves from behind his desk.
“Email my ass,” I fume and move to stand directly in front of him so that there is no escape. “I’m supposed to be your TA, and graduate student, but all our communication is done via email. I thought, after the hospital, that we were done with avoidance.” I raise a brow.
He holds my gaze, searching for something, which makes me nervous so I flick out my tongue to moisten my suddenly dry lips. His gaze follows my movements and my arousal for my professor rapidly grows, which I’m sure he’s going to see with how hard my nipples feel against my fitted T-shirt.
“Andie,” he whispers, his eyes dropping lower before quickly rising to search my face. His breathing deepens as does mine while our eyes stay connected, which gives me the courage to step up against him.
He trembles as my breasts press against his chest, and goose bumps break out on my skin when I feel the strength of his arousal against my thigh. His hands reach up and wrap around my arms in a move that I’m sure was intended to push me away until I place my hands on his waist.
Sawyer groans and drops his forehead to mine. “Now you know,” he whispers, closing his eyes. “I can’t be near you without wanting you, which is against all the rules.” He offers a mirthless laugh. “I don’t trust myself with you, Andie,” he admits, moving to nuzzle into my neck where he places a gentle kiss, holding his lips against my skin.
My arms slip around to his back as I hold him close. We end up in an embrace with my head resting on his shoulder while our hearts beat a frantic rhythm. “I thought we shared something special at the hospital. That you weren’t going to avoid me especially after saying we’d talk.” I sniffle into his chest. “You’ve avoided me for two weeks. Have you got any idea how many times I’ve cried myself to sleep over you?” I shove out of his arms.
“I didn’t mean—”
“I thought after the hospital that things would,” I wave my arms around, “I don’t know, but I didn’t expect you to completely ignore me.” My heart feels heavy now that I’ve spoken to him, but it’s been heavy for a long time. “Look, I’m sorry okay? I don’t mean to cause you problems, and I guess, this is me, saying I won’t do it again. Ever. I promise you that from now on, I won’t bother you again unless it’s through email to do with classes or my study.” I stare at him for a long time waiting for him to say something, anything. He stays silent.
Although my heart hurts, I refuse to make a nuisance of myself when he won’t break the rules. I shouldn’t blame him or be angry with him for that, but I can’t really get there yet.
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“Okay, then. I’ll leave you alone.” Turning, I reach for the door handle and pray that he stops me, but he doesn’t. So fighting back tears, I leave his office and make my way through other students who look at me as though there is something wrong until I finally get back to my apartment.
Luckily, I don’t have any class for the rest of the day, which is why I thought it would be a good time to talk to Sawyer. Obviously I was wrong. So very wrong.
Flopping down onto my bed, I end up not knowing how long I’ve been here as the room has darkened. I glance out of my window and see the pink sky with dusk settling. The insistent buzzing of my cell in my back pocket makes me wonder if that’s what woke me up.
In hope, I make a quick grab at my cell, but that’s dashed when I see Kasey’s name on the screen. He’s one of my best friends, which people think is weird considering his brother is married to my mom. I love the whole De La Fuente family, and I’ve finally started to accept Lucia as family even though she hadn’t made it easy in the beginning of my mother’s relationship with her son, Diego.
Kasey is finally married with a baby on the way, so as I answer, I’m hoping everyone is okay.
“How are you doing, Kasey?”
“I’m doing good. So how’s your professor,” he asks without pausing for breath.
My eyes water with the start of tears, but I don’t want him to know that I’m upset because he won’t be happy and will want to make me smile again. That would probably entail a visit, which I don’t want.
“He’s the same as always.”
He pauses. “I thought you said things were looking up.”
“They were, but he’s had second thoughts.” I blow out a breath and try to stay focused as silent tears run down my cheeks. “I just want to move on okay? He obviously doesn’t care enough about me to want to take a chance, so let’s leave it please.”
“Hmm...wait! Are you crying?”
“No.”
“Don’t lie to me.”
“Who’s lying to you honey?” Felicity asks.
“Andie . . .” he says my name and then starts whispering words that I can’t hear.
“Okay, I’m back.”
