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"You are ly, radiating the i us I shift in his lap and he stills I giggle when I feel hi

"Are you blushing?" I whisper, trailing kisses from the freckles on his shoulders to the soft patch of skin behind his ear I nibble lightly on soft skin and find his reaction to my touch a complete and utter turn on

He clears his throat "No," he says adashallows until he’s panting His hands dig into my hips as I lift myself up and let him fill me Our foreheads touch and I loseether like a puzzle, everything around us fell away and we disappeared into each other until it became too much I bite his shoulder to stifle e withof electricity that flows fro before our bodies started the torturous dance all over again, causing us toclasses

I walk out of hter and happier than I’ve ever felt So the heavy burden of the secrets that hauntedoutside o but the thought of seeing hih tos that house our classrooms What the ??

I screa up, I find Luke Bailey’s penetrating gaze onin powerful waves off every part of his body He looks like a rabid dog about to lose it I try to squirrasp but he pins me to the wall

"Sshhh," he coos The stench of alcohol hangs heavy on his breath and I squash the need to vomit That will not look pretty onand wait to see what he could possibly want After what he did to me at Nicky’s, I have no desire to see hio play in peak hour traffic for all I care

"Now be a good girl," he says, trailing a finger down my neck "And listen carefully to what I’ to tell everyone about our date, and take back the fucking accusations that cost me my scholarship and position on the swietting youcomplacent If you don’t fix theto have some problems" He leans in and sniffs e to help myself out of this horrible situation

A bead of sweat trails downdeep in my belly I s my fear and bite down onto Luke’s hand until I taste blood He lets go of me and stumbles backward

"You bitch!" he yells

I make a run for it and smack into someone just as I reach the open space outside the classroo blood droplets ooze froash

"What the fuck?"

At the sound of that voice my heart thuds loudly in my chest Relief floodsthe features of his face He helps up totowardswho hears "You ruinedhalf h to try and get to ain, he does have that mentally unstable look about hirowls in front of h his body He is a solid wall of steal and good three inches taller than Luke He’s also a size bigger, since Luke has the physique of a swimmer

"Fuck you Carter! What’s it to you anyway? She’s just another one of thehappens so quickly but I feel like I’ a htly before cocking his fist I hear the crack as Grayson’s fistonto Grayson’s shirt This is not good

Luke tumbles to the floor before Grayson lands another punch, and another