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Chapter Seven - No…Maybe…Yes!
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Lessons After Dark Epilogue - One Year Later
The classroom still felt of dry-erase markers and ambition.Lena folded her arms and leaned against the side of her desk, watching the fresh faces file into her classroom. Nervous energy. The quiet roar of too many lives colliding in one small space.It felt different now.She was different now.As she swept a hand through her hair, she caught a glimmer of the gold band in the overhead light, still not entirely accustomed to seeing it there. Married. Still absurd, still surreal. And yet, utterly inevitable.Jace walked in five minutes late, one café coffee in each hand, and a box of something disgustingly decadent from the café down the corner.“I didn’t think you were coming today,” she said, arching a brow.“I missed this place,” he said, holding out a cup. “And you looked hot when you left this morning. Hey, thought I’d come distract you.”“Mission accomplished.”He did not even pretend to sit mute in that regard. Instead, he sat there on her windowsill as if he owned the place, co
Lessons After Dark Chapter 15 - After Class
The days after that dinner had been jagged, uneven things. Lena told herself she was done, that she’d slammed the door on Jace Carver and all his lies. But the universe—or maybe Jace himself—refused to let her bury it.There were texts she didn’t answer. Voicemails she didn’t delete. And then there was the email—long, too honest, typed at two in the morning—that she read twice before snapping her laptop shut and swearing she’d never open it again.And yet she did.What broke her resolve wasn’t the words, not really. It was the way he showed up anyway. Sitting in the back row of her class like he used to, head down, quiet, giving her nothing to accuse him of except persistence. No flirting. No smirking. No games. Just listening.Week after week.Eventually, she stopped sending him away.Eventually, she stopped pretending the heat between them had burned out.That was how they ended up here—after the last bell, when the halls were empty, the excuses thinner, and the truth had nowhere le
Lessons After Dark Chapter 14 - Out in the Open
Lena smoothed her dress for the third time in the elevator, and she hated that she was feeling self-conscious."This isn't a big deal," she murmured to herself in false reassurance.Jace, who stood beside her in a sharp navy shirt and tailored pants that clung to his frame a bit too much, looked down at her with that lopsided smile. “You sure? Not nervous? Because you look like an apparition fantasy.”“Don’t flirt. I’m trying to prepare.”“For what? My sister? She’s, like, a foot shorter than you and bakes cookies for stray cats.”"That's not what I meant." Lena breathed out, her eyes moving to the floor. "Meeting a family is a big deal. I'm not good at big deals."“You’re fine. They’ll love you.”That word—love—hung in the air for one second longer than either of them had anticipated. Jace coughed, grabbing the bag of sunflowers he’d bought at the market on the way over. “Let me do the talking. Just follow my lead and be yourself.”The elevator dinged, and the doors swung open to the
Lessons After Dark Chapter 13 - So Long, Ms. Hayes
Lena leaned against the railing out on the balcony, looking out over the waves, cradling her coffee. Wearing some short pink booty shorts with frills around the edges. She loved to wear them at night. No panties, and just a tank top, no bra. She felt so satisfied and comfy. She could still hear Natalie's parting shot—“Elsie can never know”—and the way Lena had clinked her mug in agreement. A secret folded neatly between them, tucked away before the rest of the world could intrude.Now it was just her and Jace.The table was still cluttered with empty plates and the faint citrus tang of tequila. The bed behind them looked wrecked, a collage of rumpled sheets and memories she wasn't ready to sort through. And Jace—Jace was leaning against the bar, quickly checking his emails, coffee in hand, before he came out to the balcony to join her. Partially watching her with that maddening, unreadable expression. She could tell he was rushing so he could get outside with her. Just his body langua
Lessons After Dark Chapter 12 - Everything She Couldn’t Say
Lena didn't mean to knock him down.Certainly not like this.Not with soaking-wet whirlpool hair, zero makeup, and no shield. She’d gotten three-quarters of the way down the corridor of the lobby, turning left toward the spa, when he stepped out — into her path — at the end of the hall coming from the elevators, which took a trick call to a website, graphics package to show... all while the woman is still walking. And there he was. Jace.Dressed in a snug black Henley, with chiseled arms and eyes locked and loaded. No warning. No lead-in. She sat up with a gasp and, for one ridiculous second, couldn't remember how to place one foot in front of the other.He looked just as stunned. His lips parted, and then he reined them into a rueful expression again — something sardonic and uncertain.“Hey,” he murmured. Quiet. Careful.She swallowed. “Hey.”Her voice sounded more gruff than she had intended. Dry, like she hadn’t taken a drink of water in hours.It was not just shock that seemed to
Lessons After Dark Chapter 11 - This Isn’t Just Lust
So now here she was, barefoot on the cool tile floor of the hotel bathroom, brushing out her tangled hair with fingers and trying to ignore the tender sting left behind by pool chlorine, saltwater, and something less explainable.Her reflection looked tired, a little too raw to hide behind makeup. Mascara shadows clung under her eyes, and her lips were dry from too much sun and too much kissing.She splashed cold water on her cheeks and reached for a towel."You're a grown woman," she muttered, patting her face dry. "You can have a couple of nights like that and still go eat pancakes with your friends."But it wasn't just the nights she couldn't shake. It was the way he'd looked at her. Not when they were tangled up in heat and sheets—but afterwards. When he brushed her hair back, as if she might break.That was the part that scared her the most.She slipped into a loose tank top and drawstring shorts, borrowed a pair of sunglasses from his dresser without asking, and headed for the d
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