A Cut Above by Cara Malone

Author:Cara Malone [Malone, Cara]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Medical, college, series
Published: 2018-03-03T00:00:00+00:00

15

Ivy

Ivy made it to the end of the block before the crisp air started licking at her sweat-dampened t-shirt and she realized that she’d left her jacket in Chloe’s apartment. She shivered and glanced backward, where the metal staircase was just visible at the end of the block. She wanted her jacket, not only for the ten-block hike back to campus but also for her early-morning shift the next day, but it had taken every ounce of her willpower to leave the apartment the first time. She didn’t know if she’d have the strength to walk away from Chloe a second time.

“It won’t kill you to be cold,” she reminded herself, shoving her hands into the pockets of her jeans and continuing toward campus.

The whole day had been challenging – first being alone in Chloe’s old apartment, then watching her carry all those boxes up the stairs as Ivy followed behind and tried not to stare, and then the utter solitude of the new apartment.

Ivy had spent the entire day in a perpetual state of internal struggle, reminding herself again and again that she was less than a year away from graduation – and about six weeks away from the medical licensing exam. Now was the time to buckle down and study harder – not allow herself to be distracted from her goal.

She made it to the end of the next block before an icy raindrop fell down the back of her neck and Ivy let out an involuntary yelp. She looked up and the overcast clouds had grown fuller. A few more cold raindrops hit her shoulders and dampened her hair. It was the uniquely November precipitation that couldn’t decide if it was rain or snow, and it was starting to come down harder.

“Crap,” Ivy muttered, spinning on her heels and marching back to Chloe’s apartment. She knew far too much about hypothermia to risk it simply because she was too afraid of her own desires to retrieve her jacket.

Ivy was practically running by the time she got back to the staircase, the slushy rain making goosebumps stand up on her bare arms.

Chloe was even pretty when she had a line of sweat running down her face.

The thought came out of nowhere and Ivy couldn’t push it out of her head. It was true. She’d stolen a hundred glances at Chloe throughout the day – and thousands since they’d met at the orientation social hour – and she always had a smile on those plump lips, and a sparkle of curiosity in her eyes. She was the most beautiful woman Ivy had ever seen and she felt privileged to get to look at her so often.

Then another thought popped into Ivy’s head.

I want her.

Ivy had never given much thought to her sexuality, and as much as she enjoyed looking at – and occasionally kissing – Chloe, it wasn’t something she’d ever thought about in any explicit way. It never used to matter very much – Ivy realized from a

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