Exposed by Fate

Author:Tessa Bailey [Bailey, Tessa]
Language: ara
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance, erotic, line of duty, BDSM, best friend, older brother, teacher
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-10-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

One lesson left.

Oliver leaned against the hallway wall and watched Eliza return to the party. When she reached the door and looked at him over her shoulder with a hint of uncertainty, he nodded at her to let her know he’d be right behind her. Honestly, he didn’t even know if the gap in their returns would make an ounce of difference. They both looked how he felt. Satisfied. Fucked up. Shell-shocked. All of the above.

As soon as the door closed behind her, he slumped against the wall. Time to take stock. He’d just had heaven-glimpsing sex with an amazing girl. An unbelievable girl. The next step was to have a drink and cab it home, maybe heat up some leftovers and watch the Discovery Channel. His usual plan shouldn’t make him feel smothered in loneliness. He was living the dream right?

No. It had stopped being his dream. He wanted his usual routine, but…he wanted someone with him while he did it. Not just any someone, though. The girl had a face. A beautiful face that he was just starting to acknowledge had been living in his head for a while. Too long. He hadn’t been ready to see it. Now that he had, he was too fucking late. He was all used up. If an exact replica of him tried to date Eliza, he would talk her out of it. Could hear the speech in his head, clear as day. Eliza, you can do way better than that scum bag. He’ll use you without thinking twice. You can’t change him.

She had changed him, though. Or maybe he’d just been sitting back, dying for her to make the first move, knowing he’d be damned for making it himself. He didn’t know. He only knew he wanted to go back out into the party, scoop her up and bring her home. Lay her down on his bed and kiss every inch of her, promise her that he’d be gentler this time. It felt like what he was supposed to do. He didn’t want to make an appointment to fuck her one more time, then call them square. Set her up with someone who wouldn’t fully understand whose presence he’d been gifted with. Jesus.

He bent forward and put his hands on his knees, trying to breathe through the horror of that. This is what all those nights of empty sex had led to. He felt like Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol and the Ghost of Hook-Ups Past had just shown up to take him on a tour of Hell. But he wouldn’t wake up from this. If he scheduled that final lesson with Eliza, he’d be dooming himself to watch her walk away.

So he wouldn’t.

The light bulb went off in Oliver’s head, and he slowly straightened. If he didn’t schedule the final lesson, she couldn’t leave. Couldn’t go out with Porter. They’d agreed on it, taken a shot of ouzo to seal the deal. Okay. So what did he do with the stay of execution?

When he let the idea settle, his heart started to pound.

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