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When Jared and I were enemies

She’d given us an assignment in which we had to find partners for each of the cardinal directions Jared ended up being my “North”

Reluctantly

My strappy silver heels—which matched the silver jewels on my nearly backless dress—struck the floor as I turned around to eye hi by the door

And his flat, stoic expression did nothing to hide the dangerous streak I suddenly felt an urge to climb him like a tree

I knew he hated suits, but he honestly looked like a devil of the best kind dressed up as he was His tailored black pants draped down his legs and accentuated his narroaist The black dress shirt wasn’t tight, but it didn’t hide his body, either, and the black jacket and tie completed the look in a way that emanated power and sex, as always

In the eight ether, I’d beco my drool before it seeped out of my mouth

Luckily, he looked at me the same way

He leaned against the door, his jacket pulled back from his waist as he slid his hands into his pockets and watched me with interest His dark brown hair sat across his forehead in elegant chaos like a dark shadow hovering just above his eyes

“What are you thinking?” I asked when he continued to just stand there

“Howyou co me up and down

My body war about I’d enjoyed toying with hi me in here

“And,” he continued, “I’ dork to answer questions”

I gasped, er “Dork?” I repeated I put my hands on my hips and pursed my lips to hide my smile

He grinned and kept joking, “And also how you huddled so close to the desktop when you were concentrating on a test, and how you chewed your pencils when you were nervous”

My gaze flashed to the side, where his old desk sat behind mine

He went on, pushing off the door and inching closer toto s in your ear when Penley’s back was turned” He cocked his head to the side, and I looked up at him as he approached me

Shivers ran downforward over his desk and ticklinghis chest brush against mine

“I’ two feet away,” he whispered over me, “and no one the wiser as to what I’d snuck into your roo to do to you”

I sucked in a breath, feeling his forehead dip to mine

He continued, “I’ you in theto miss us in this room, Tate”