Stepping out of Roxie's car, I look up at this familiar strip club. Tanner decided to sit the party out since he's having a date with his partner. I blow out my breath, different thoughts running through my mind.
What's gonna be his reaction if he sees me. What if I'm being clingy? It's called a one night stand for a reason. You don't go back to fuck your one night stand for the second time. I guess that's why he left my bed. Maybe I wasn't all that good in bed.
" Lauren Gray, what the fuck are you thinking about?" Roxie asks me as we walk past the bouncer out front. I think she knows me more than I thought.
Roxie tends to know when I'm thinking too much.
" Nothing."
" You're a bad liar."
I chuckle nervously as we go to the bar.
" I'm just thinking about my blonde haired one nightstand. What if he sees me as a creepy clingy woman."
" Why would you think that
" You're so beautiful, Lauren." Anderson says as he smiles. This is fucked up. It's been six months since that one nightstand. And it's been six months and I still can't get him out of my head no matter how hard I try. I started hooking up, maybe to spite Caleb and forget that stranger. But it's not working. The men are always too annoying. Roxie talked me into signing up for a match me website. And I didn't. She went behind my back and created the account and forced me to hook up with these strangers. And at the end of each blind date, it always turned out exhausting. The men are rather too annoying or not pleasing to me at all. They're always rich. Wall Street businessmen. And Anderson is one of them. He's pretty sweet. Handsome, hot, rich, but he's nothing compared to that stranger. Just his bright blue eyes stole my breath away and I can't seem to get him out of my mind.
" Chase Newton." Chief Bradford answers. " He's pretty hot himself." " What exactly am I going to do? Follow him in order to protect him from his father's enemies." " Well no. We've got you a job in his University. You'll be his physics professor." No shit. " What? Why don't I get to do the job?" Regina asks. " Why's she even here?" I ask, glaring at Regina. " We'll come to that later. Let's focus on your big case, Lauren. Your job is already secured. You're his new physics professor so you can easily keep an eye on him. We've also got you an apartment close to college in case you'd love to live close to college." " How is Chase's professor going to protect him?" " You can easily keep an eye on him by creating a relationship with him." " A relationship?" " Yes. Not a sexual relationship if you may know. A Professor and student kind of relationship. For a kid like that he's brillian
Roxie and I throw our heads back as we down our shots. We're at our favorite bar. We usually come here sometime just to get wasted when one of us is going through shit. The tatted green eyed bartender already knows us and he's been giving me the green light these past months. I told him straight that I'm not interested. I've never been interested in anyone ever since Chase fucking Newton fucked my senses out and got out of my bed leaving my sex life scarred for good. How can he be so perfect? And now I just discovered he's in college and 23 years old. Roxie coughs as she turns on her barstool to look at me. She's been pretty lucky these past months. After her encounter with her one night stand, Ren, they have been seeing each other since then. Ren is hot, Irish and pretty rich himself. He kinda liked her, but Roxie doesn't seem to like him that much and that's because of Stevie. He's still calling her and I'm sure they've
I walk into the classroom straight to the lecture podium. I should have probably stopped by my new office and dropped my blazer, 'cause it's kinda hot in here. It's not like there aren't working air conditioning here, it is the anticipation of seeing the one man who's made me feel all these weird feelings these past months. It's strange and foreign and I hate that I'm starting to feel like that again even if I haven't seen him yet. I drop my bag on the desk and lecture textbooks and notes on the desk. I look up at my supposed students and I count nearly 100 students. There are a lot and I don't bother to look for Chase. I can't, cause I'm scared I'll screw up and fuck my first lecture up. I clear my throat as so many eyes stare at my face. All right here we go. A girl approaches me as she hands me the roll call. It's the list of the student's names that are taking my class this semester
" I can't do this." I say as I walk inside Roxie's apartment that evening. I just got home after class, took my bath, didn't bother to eat as I drove down to Roxie's apartment. I needed someone to talk to. Someone who's gonna talk me out of thinking about going over to Chase's apartment. Although we have a lot to talk about but, I don't want to risk it. Me and my instincts know it's definitely not gonna be only talking. I see Tanner in Roxie's kitchen holding a bottle of water. " Oh hey, Lauren." Tanner smiles at me. " Hi, Tan." I groan and fall down on Roxie's couch. " Definitely you had a nice day." Roxie chimes as she smirks. I roll my eyes. Aside from seeing Chase again, my day was great. " So did you meet him? Did you two kiss?" Tanner asks as he sits next to me on the couch with his shit eating grin. I
CHASE'S POV Fuck! Six months. I couldn't get her out of my head. Never in my life have I craved for a woman whom I've fucked once. Normally when I see a woman I liked, it's always sex. The minute you're in my bed, the next you're out. I'm never fucking you again. But having Lauren in her bed, with my head in between her legs and me fucking her senseless I just couldn't help it. I couldn't stop thinking about her. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't. I wanted to have her again. And again, every single fucking day. The second I left her apartment that fateful night six months ago, I regretted leaving without at least taking her number. And seeing her yesterday on that podium as she introduced herself as my substitute physics professor, I was shocked. I least expected the woman who gave me crazy dreams for the last five months to be standing right in front of me. And she's my professor.
My heart is hurting but I have to help myself if I'm willing to keep my job and my career. As Leo talks about things that I'm not interested in, I watch Chase walk away with his friend. With my heart in his care. " Do you maybe want to get lunch some other time?" Leo asks, snapping me from my thoughts. " Hmm?" I blink my eyes as I quickly avert my gaze at Leo. " Are you okay?" Leo asks. " I'm fine." I sigh and cross my arms, my eyes meeting the younger girls who admired Leo as they walk past us. He's hot, definitely. For a lecturer of his age, he truly got the girl's attention. But he's not my type. I can shamelessly agree that the man who stole my heart and shut my brain with just one smile is my student, my big case, and the key behind my promotion. My own corner office. " I said if you'd like to grab lunch with me some other time?" He asks. " Uh… I don't know. But I'll think about it."
It's Friday afternoon and I'm having lunch at the staff restaurant with Jade and Madelyn. I met them yesterday and they're also lecturers from the same faculty as me. They're pretty great though. "— and then I told my man if he wasn't ready to take me to Hawaii for vacation, then I'm not interested anymore." Madelyn says and Jade laughs. I really don't know what's funny. Jade's shorter than me. Latin American, olive skin, big green eyes and she's kinda pretty. She dresses in tight clothing sometimes and I'm always tempted to take her to a corner and tell her her choice of clothing is too tight. I don't know why she dresses like that though, it's like she has this massive crush on Leo with the way she throws her arms around him when they stop to talk. And she always giggles a lot. And Madelyn, she's white. Pale skinned, grey eyes, she's tall, and smiles a lot. Well she's one of the few female teachers who d