Date My Professor by Ivy Collins

Author:Ivy Collins [Collins, Ivy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

6

Elijah

I have to stand there in silence for a long moment, gathering my thoughts.

No wonder Sophie’s life is in shambles. Judging from the statistics, she’s lucky not to be in a bodybag. I have to push away that bleak thought before it consumes me. She was smart enough to leave before things devolved, I remind myself. She’s being punished for that, in a way, but not as badly as she would have been punished if she’d stayed.

“I’m sorry,” she says suddenly. “I should have thought to mention that before.”

I blink at her, confused. She looks like a kicked dog. Is she feeling guilty?

I shake my head at her, stunned. “Sorry?” I repeat incredulously. “Sorry for what, now? None of this is your fault, Sophie. I suppose I can understand how it might feel that way, given the way that people have been treating you, but it’s absolutely not true.”

She picks at the hem of my shirt, still unable to meet my eyes. “I... I appreciate that. I really do. Everything seems a little clearer when I have you around. I know you’re not exactly unbiased, but it’s still good to have someone tell me I’m not crazy.” She breathes in slowly. “But I still should have told you. This isn’t the first time that Jordan has tracked me down. After the first time, my roommate got scared and moved out. If I... if I stay involved with you, I’m sure it’s going to come up. It’s an ugly situation, and you don’t deserve to get tangled up in it.”

I mentally revise my plans for the evening. This, I think, is not insurmountable. I’m glad I found out about it now. “I think it’s safe to say that you don’t deserve to be tangled up in it either, Sophie,” I tell her. “I can assure you, I understand that you haven’t spilled your life story to me in the space of a single day. You have bigger things to worry about.” I tug her into my arms on instinct, and she sighs in relief. I only realize after I’ve done it that I didn’t have to think about it consciously. I knew she was upset, and the reasonable thing to do was to hold her, so I did. That’s nice, I think... but also dangerous. I can’t do that in public just yet.

“Let’s get your clothing sorted,” I say finally. “I’ll help you put together that email for Linda over food, after that.” Her body relaxes further at that, and I know I was right to suspect she’d need moral support for that part. “Tonight, you’ll have work—if you still decide to go. I’ll take you back to your car so you can drive there. Tomorrow, I suspect you’ll be studying all day.”

Sophie frowns at that. She has my exam tomorrow, after all. It’s the last time I’ll have to be professional with her. “Er... Prof-Elijah.” She gets flustered on that correction, but forces herself to continue. “Linda said you’d gotten me resources on where to stay.

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