Act of Surveillance by Mandy M. Roth

Author:Mandy M. Roth [Roth, Mandy M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Raven Happy Hour LLC

Chapter Fourteen

Liberty rifled through her bag for her keys as she stood outside Dr. Pasternak’s classroom. She was already flustered from having to walk to campus since Isobel still hadn’t gotten home from running Daisy to the airport and stopping at the store. Leaving the keys to the classroom at home would be the topper on an already crazy day.

She took a calming breath. “I brought them. I had to lock the house with them.”

She continued to rummage around in her bag for her keys. In her other arm she held all the printed papers she’d graded as well as a summary of each. All she’d wanted to write was “boring” on each, but she’d behaved herself and done her job. A few of the papers came just shy of all but agreeing with her—the topic was boring.

The assignment felt a lot like Dr. Pasternak had given it already knowing as much—like the man got off on making others miserable. She hadn’t been his teaching assistant long, but it was enough time to know there was certainly something off about him. Not that she’d admit as much to Daisy or Isobel. They worried enough as it was.

Over the past two weeks she’d grown accustomed to the schedule of the classes in the surrounding rooms. If she was right, the other classes would be letting out soon with no others to follow for the remainder of the day. It wasn’t ideal but since she’d overslept and had a rather eventful day already so far, it would have to do.

She didn’t really want to be alone with Dr. Pasternak for any length of time. The door to his classroom was locked, which meant there was a high chance he was gone for the day.

Perfect.

She just needed to get the papers onto Dr. Pasternak’s desk before three o’clock, in case he wasn’t gone for the day. From there she could head home to overthink and obsess about the hot guy across the street. She could re-run the scenario from when she’d kissed Rurik through her head again and again—much like she’d been doing since it happened, feeling mortified every time.

If she had a time machine, she’d play it cool and aloof, like she had something that could even masquerade as self-control around him.

She snorted. I’d totally kiss him again. I’m not fooling anyone, least of all myself.

Never before had a man reduced her to this—a worried, embarrassed, sex-starved fool—but Rurik had checked all those boxes and more for her. If only the walk to campus had helped to burn off some of the nervous energy she had from her impromptu make-out session with the Russian.

A smile tugged at her face.

Rurik.

The man was an enigma, wrapped in a snug-fitting T-shirt, dunked in jeans that fit just right. Her lips began to tingle as she thought back to the kiss. That feeling quickly gave way to her neck and cheeks warming from embarrassment. She’d laid one on a perfect stranger and then had the audacity to steal the man’s birthday present.

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