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on the nightstand, sliding one bet

he knew better than to argue. "Fine.

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t, I exhaled a cloud of smoke,

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ar to fall in love with him, I'd just start throwing hands,

tighter around me. "Please.

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ing out of it. "

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ally watching anymore. My mind was s

bstitute professor. A stranger. So

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a victim, or are y

uch those wor

ide me as the credits rolled. "That was

mean the toxic

ion is fun." She wiggled her eyebrows. "

my eyes.

n again. The sharpness in his gaze. The way

h had tightened when he lean

that though

ie said, pulling out her ph

for the distracti

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mall smile.

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or the sound of Jason Carter's v

aking notes. Shoul

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shoulders as he wrote down something about cell division. His voice was calm, steady, but there was

the words and not the way his finger

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breath caught when I real

readable but sharp. The class was sile

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remember what he had ju

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p my neck. "

yebrow. "Then ans

snickered. My s

tebook, but there was nothing th

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the board like I wasn't still sitting there, my h

whispering, "Damn,

glare, but sh

she wasn't en

bag, desperate to escape. I could still feel the he

ing as they left, but before

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bag strap tighter.

twirling between his fingers. His expression was unreadable, but his gaz

s empty now. Jus

feet to move as I stepped t

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ke he was amused. "Th

at was nice, I'd hate to s

his desk, still watching m

n caught me

ld've said nothing

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my weight. "Just.

ss for details. He just nodded

e between us just slightly. Not enough to be i

aid smoothly. "Whatever's going on

ering for reasons that had

for a second longer

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y, nodding as I

oom, my hands still trembling slig

upposed to stop thi