Academically Yours (Best Friends Book Club 1) by Jennifer Chipman

Author:Jennifer Chipman [Chipman, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-07-21T18:30:00+00:00

EIGHTEEN

Matthew

H oly fuck. My chest was still heaving as I sat at my desk, cheeks flushed as I thought about what I had done to Noelle, right here. In my office.

Damn. It turned out I didn’t even need Elizabeth’s help or advice. I certainly hadn’t expected Noelle to show up at my office, wearing that tiny little skirt and those frustrating lace panties. That were still in my pocket.

Hell. I was going to hell, most definitely.

I had tried not to watch as her retreating figure left the room, tried not to dwell on the emptiness that settled in my chest as she left me after I had just fucked her senseless on my desk.

And what the hell was that?

Who was I doing something like this at my place of employment? But she had gotten into my brain, and all I could see, hear, and feel was her. Her in my arms the night I had carried her into her apartment, drunk as hell; her falling asleep in the bus after the zoo; her when we had kissed; her nipples under my hands—

I groaned out loud. “What the hell is wrong with you, Matthew Harper?”

We hadn’t even been able to keep quiet. I knew we could have been caught, that one of my colleagues could have been there working late or leaving after a late class, but I hadn’t been able to bring myself to care, because the girl I wanted was there, and she wanted me, and that’s all I had ever thought for days. Weeks, really. Maybe since I had first seen her on the quad.

And maybe she only wanted to hook up—maybe she wanted something casual. But I had her, and I knew I was going to have to hold on tight to keep her. Because I wanted her in any way I could, and I was terrified she was going to retreat into that big brain of hers and pull away from me. I just had to remind her what was good about us, so that she wouldn’t.

I had to make her realize she couldn’t live without me, just like I had realized I couldn’t live without her.

And fuck if I knew how to do that, I just couldn’t bear the thought of losing her. Of someone else kissing her, touching her, holding her tight at night. Hearing those breathy little sounds she gave off when I was inside of her.

I hadn’t even left office yet, but I couldn’t keep my mind from thinking about her. I hadn’t even told her what I wanted, but I had called her mine.

But she was mine, wasn’t she? She felt like mine. Any time I wrapped her up in my arms, the world felt calm. Like everything was going to be okay. Like as long as I had her in my life, the sun would keep shining down on my face. It would be fine. It had to be.

Because there was no way I was going to let her go.

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