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What was it about this guy that e and unstable? Had it just been too long since she was touched by so since she’d any kind of sexual interaction with someone… years since she’d yearned And she’d never felt like this for anyone before

“It’s all good” He lifted his hand and ran it over his nape as he looked between the kitchen and living room “Most days are like this around here” She noticed how his cheeks turned slightly pink, and she couldn’t help but sht now to have hi to sound like solanced back at her and see “But it’s kind of crowded down here” He cleared his throat “Like really crowded”

She lifted an eyebrow but didn’t say anything It was al over his words

“Uround as if there were so on down there “Can we do this in my room?”

The smile instantly fell from her lips and she felt her eyes widen as her body instantly heated at his words Against her better judge in his roo slammed into her brain on repeat Her silence must have made him think she was unco all kinds of filthy things, because he started talking before she could respond

“Shit, it was a bad idea, I know But I swear I only suggested it because really there isn’t anywhere else in the house where we’d have privacy”

Logically, she should have told him that wasn’t professional But the truth was it didn’t have anything to do with that She wanted to be alone with hiet if she let them

“We can go someplace else,” he finally said after she still didn’t say anything “Shit” He had this pained expression on his face “Forget I said that stupid fucking suggestion—”

“Alex,” she cut him off and took a step closer “It’s really fine” Mary was quite proud of herself for keeping her voice neutral when her body felt like it was out of control “It wouldn’tsomewhere else since I’m already here Your room is fine”

“You sure? I don’t want to make you uncomfortable”

It wasn’t like she had never tutored soh it wasn’t really the norm The problem was she had never wanted any of the people she tutored But then here was Alex, so gorgeous that she couldn’t stand it… and wrong for her on every level

“Yeah, I’m sure” Her voice was harder, ht with a friend and I don’t want to cut our tiestured to the stairs with a smile “Lead the way”

He stared at her strangely for a second before nodding and turning to head up the stairs She followed close behind, and once they were at the top landing they walked down a short hallway before stopping at the last door on the left The houses in this part of town and close to the university were older, built in the 50s and had never been updated Coupled with clothes in small piles in the corner of the hallway, and beer bottles sitting on randoave off heavy “bachelor pad” vibes

Her heart was beating a mile a minute when he pushed the door open and she followed hiht up here, then pro it Sheabout this shit, because she suddenly felt so dirty, yet still aroused by it all

His rooiven Alex’sabout hilanced at his broad shoulders, his wide, defined chest that was visible underneath his shirt

She tore her focus from him and looked around The room itself was clean, and she didn’t knohy she was surprised by that She supposed knowing his reputation with fighting and partying, she assu

A bed took up a lot of the roo on the wall across from the bed, and there was a narrow five-shelf bookcase beside that And that was it Sparse, yet looking at his bedwhen he ca