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"Samantha--"

"This way, sir" Duvall appeared beside Toby, a friendly hand placed on his shoulder "Lady Rousseau has asked for some space"

"But--"

"Another time, maybe" Duvall e, to rateful to see Duvall after all?

"You’re an excellent teacher You handled the class quite well" Alex’s voice inmy head into his chin

"Youch!" I rubbed the top of my head while he looked down at rief Don’t sneak up on me And I would have handled the class much better if you hadn’t shown up"

"I’d like to think I encouraged them to try a little harder" His blue eyes sparkled as he looked atyou too hard of a tiet pulled into his eyes "But I would have ed just fine You don’t have to take care of me"

"You’ve been thrown into a neorld… I just wanted to help you get your feet" Instead of being annoyed with my reluctance to accept his help, he seemed entertained "How many more classes do you have today?"

"Two o to the sanctuary"

"I see Do you have tiainst e I tried to not think about it and just focused on the conversation

"I usually eat in the office after the last class Catch up my paperwork before I head over" I bit my bottom lip, confused by his presence in my class, by his interest inback to ht side of the hall drewtheir phones to take pictures of us talking Becca ju and headed in their direction

"Would you mind if I join you? Or is that not allowed?" He cocked his head to the side and I found e played in his blond hair

"U in the slight imperfections that only seerab a sandwich or so in, if you’d like"

"A sandwich is perfect Why don’t I bring the food? I’ll meet you there, that way you don’t have to waste any of your time"

"Why?" The question exited my mouth before I could rethink it