PEARL’S POV He sat me down on his couch and walked away. Once he was out of sight, I thought of running but when I looked in the direction of the door, I remembered it needed his fingerprint to unlock and open. Then and there, I mentally kicked myself in the foot for not registering my fingerprint in his door when he asked me to input it the last time I had been here.I groaned and leaned back into the couch. I was back in his house and my stomach was having a party. A party that made me feel nervous and worried.My back straightened into an upright sitting position when I heard him coming back. I swallowed and looked at my feet when he came into view. Anthony stopped a foot away and then took a step forward before standing in front of me. I chewed on my bottom lip and played with my fingers as he stood there, watching me. Then he sighed and knelt before me and took my hand gently in his. I looked up a little and saw a first aid box in his other hand while he eyed my injury with wor
PEARL’S POVI returned home later that day, still thinking. No matter how much I tried to pretend like nothing was bothering me, I simply couldn’t. This was a serious issue I couldn’t just ignore. Knowing the truth did a number on me. I was tempted to call him, to ask him to forgive me for the way I reacted earlier. I was also tempted to go far away from here, far away from school and my current life just to avoid Anthony Marison. I knew what my mind and body did once it came to him, it had a mind of its own. I walked into Lee's apartment and dumped my bag on the floor by the door. Like a robot, I walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. I grabbed a bottle of beer and popped it open then chugged half the bottle's content down my throat.I shut the fridge and went over to the living room where I sat and thought about how my life was a mess. Fucking my professor, working for the said professor who was my boss, semi-dating my old crush even when I still had an interest in a man wa
PEARL’S POVNo. It cannot be. I refuse to believe what I had just heard. There was no way on Earth that I had heard him say those words. I refused to be swayed by them as it was all a lie. He was lying and trying to appear like a saint. Anthony Marison was not and would never think of me that way, not after everything.Anthony was lying. What I had just seen and heard was all an illusion, it was a way for me to cope, to believe that he still wanted me. Anthony was married and what I saw was a lie. Except, it wasn’t. Every word he had spoken was real, and the passion behind those words started to make my feelings go here and there.He was not married as I thought. Anthony was not married to the woman but that did not still make any sense to me. I’ve seen them together multiple times, being cozy. They acted too close for comfort and him telling her that he lied to me left me confused.I rushed over to the stairway, where I sat to think clearly. I was confused, feeling congested all arou
Anthony’s POVPanic filled me as she clinged to me while panting hard. Her body was shaking, and I could not help but wrap my arm around her shoulder then pulled my phone out of my pocket. I turned on the flashlight, lighting the elevator. I looked down at her and saw her slowly begin to calm down.“Take deep breaths,” I said, and she inhaled and exhaled to my hearing.Why the fuck was this elevator still giving issues even after I told them to change it last month? Now, I was stuck here with the one person I was desperately trying to avoid. My heart was hammering faster by the second with every move of her warm hands on my arm and chest. She was not making matters better for me.“Miss. Williams.” I cleared my throat. Even though I was distressed about her condition, I needed to keep a formality between us.I felt her flinch before her hands moved away from my body. She muttered something under her breath before moving away from me.“Sorry,” she said and moaned.I ignored her and dial
ANTHONY’S POVI was a liar.I did not like lying but I had to.I was currently the most confused man alive right now and it was all because of her. The one woman who walked into my world and changed everything like the witch that she was. She walked into my life, and it has never been the same ever since.It all started the day I saw her in that club and looking back at it now, I wished I never did because I would not be hurting the way I was right now. I remembered how beautiful she had been, dancing on the dance floor, making my heart feel something it had never felt before and when she looked at me, I lost it all.One thing led to another, and I was fucking her in a hotel room. That was the beginning of my end. Ever since then, I could not think straight and when I saw her the next day, I almost lost control. I had wanted to reach out to her, to reminisce about everything from last night but the moment I realized she was my student, shame took over me.But that did not last long wh
PEARL’S POVI must have heard wrong.Anthony Marison did not just say those words to me, did he? Was he being serious right now? Why was he suddenly acting differently? Why was he acting worse than the day we met each other after our one-night stand? Why was I even bothered that Anthony Marison, the man I thought was married, wanted to set things straight. What was wrong with me?“I… Um… Okay.” I didn’t know what to say.Anthony scoffed and walked to another corner of the room with his hands in his pockets and face stoic. I could not tell what he was thinking. I wished I could read his thoughts through his eyes, but I couldn’t. It was as if he was a different person. He looked like a stranger to me, and it hurt.“What?” He scoffed again. “Why do you look so disappointed? Did you not want this to end? You told me you want nothing to do with me anymore and I was acting like a boy, chasing after you to tell me what I did wrong… You say I am married… Yes, I am. What we had was a mistake a