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My Best Friend’s Brother Is My Professor—And He Wants Me 213
Killian Davenport Killian,If you’re reading this, then you’ve finally left, and I’m probably at home pretending that I haven’t checked my phone seventeen times to see whether you’ve messaged me.I know you will probably laugh at that, but I can already imagine you doing it.I wanted you to have something to read when you were finally alone. Something that isn’t another conversation about how much we’ll miss each other, because I think we’ve established that quite thoroughly.Besides, I don’t want the first thing you think about when you get to England to be how sad I am that you’re gone.I want you to remember how happy I am that you’re going.I’m proud of you, Killian.I hope you know that.I know the past few months haven’t been easy. I know returning to New York wasn’t exactly how you imagined it would be, and I know finding out what your father had done made you question so many things. I watched you struggle with a decision you never should have had to make in the first plac
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Killian Davenport “I don’t want you worrying about me all the time.”I take her hands.“I won’t.”“I’m serious.”“So am I.”“I’ll be okay, Killian. I’ll go to work, finish my internship, prepare for my final year, see Nora, spend time with my family. I’ll have things to do.”“I know you will.”“And if I have a bad day, I’ll tell you. You don’t have to guess.”I smile faintly.“That’s good to know.”“And you have to tell me too. Don’t decide that you’re too busy or that you don’t want to worry me. If something is wrong, tell me.”“I will.”She studies my face.“Promise?”“I promise.”She nods.Then she rises onto her toes and kisses me.I hold her face between my hands, deepening the kiss slowly. There is no urgency in it, no attempt to make it last longer than it can. I simply want to kiss her properly before I have to let her go.When we separate, she keeps her forehead against mine.“I love you,” she whispers.“I love you too, baby.”I kiss her once more.Then I pull her into ano
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Killian Davenport By the time we finish breakfast, the apartment is bright with the morning sun.Elena insists on helping me with the final checks, although there is very little left to do. She walks into the bedroom, opens the suitcase, and looks through the neatly arranged clothes.“Everything looks fine,” she announces.“Thank you for your professional assessment.”“You’re welcome.”She adjusts a folded shirt, closes the suitcase, then stands back with her hands on her hips.I watch her.“What?”“Nothing.”“Why are you looking at me?”“I’m wondering whether you’re going to start charging me for your services.”She smiles.“Depends. How much are you willing to pay?”“An unreasonable amount, apparently.”“Then I accept.”I walk over and pull her against me.She laughs, placing her hands on my chest.“You’re going to mess up the shirt you just folded.”“I’ll survive.”She looks up at me.“You’re sure you haven’t forgotten anything?”“Yes.”“Your headphones?”“Packed.”“Your watch?
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Killian Davenport I wake before my alarm.For a few seconds, I don’t move. Elena is asleep beside me, her back pressed against my chest, one hand resting over my arm where it lies across her waist. Her hair is scattered over the pillow, and her breathing is slow and even.Tomorrow morning, I would have woken up like this and gone about my day without thinking twice about it.Today, I know I won’t get to do that again for a while.I glance at the clock on the bedside table.6:18 a.m.My flight is later this morning. The arrangements are complete, my luggage is packed, and there is nothing left to organize that cannot be handled from the airport. I have checked my passport and travel documents more times than necessary, confirmed my transport, and made sure I haven’t left anything important behind.There is no practical reason to get out of bed yet.So I don’t.Instead, I look at the woman sleeping in my arms.Elena has a habit of taking over the bed in her sleep. She somehow manage
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Elena Carson I can see the questions forming in his eyes. He knows I don’t want to tell him what I’ve written. He knows this matters to me, and he is trying to decide whether he should push.Then he holds out his hand.“Give it to me.”I place the envelope in his palm.“Promise first.”He raises an eyebrow.“You’re making me negotiate for a piece of paper?”“Yes.”“Very well. I promise not to open it until you’ve left tomorrow.”“Not when I’m downstairs. Not when I’m in the car. Not when I’m at home.”He smiles.“Elena.”“Not until I’ve left.”He lifts the envelope to his lips and presses a kiss against it.“I promise.”I take it back long enough to point a finger at him.“And don’t try to hold it up to the light.”He laughs.“I wasn’t going to.”“Or open it and glue it back together.”“Do you think I’m a criminal?”“I think you’re a man who has spent years finding ways around rules.”He looks offended.“That’s a terrible thing to say about me.”“Is it untrue?”He considers it.Then
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Elena Carson He removes the tissue paper carefully, and when he sees the album, he goes still.Not dramatically. Not in a way that would be obvious to anyone who doesn’t know him.But I know him.His fingers pause against the cover, and his eyes move over the gold lettering.Us.He looks at me.I suddenly become very aware of how ridiculous my heartbeat is.“I wanted to give you something you could take with you,” I explain. “Something that wouldn’t take up too much space. And I thought—well, I thought we had a lot of photographs, and I didn’t want them all sitting on our phones where we’d probably never look at half of them again.”He says nothing.I start to panic.“It’s probably silly. I know it’s not the most practical gift, and you can get all the pictures digitally, but I thought it would be nice to have something you could actually hold, and—”“Elena.”I stop.He looks at me with an expression so gentle that I forget what I was saying.“Thank you.”Two words.That’s all h
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Elena CarsonIt’s been three days since Professor Davenport asked me to drop his class and I told him no.Three days of successfully avoiding him. Or maybe he’s been avoiding me. Either way, I haven’t seen him since that awkward confrontation in his office. But I hear his name everywhere I turn o
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Elena Carson I don’t wait for him to say anything else before I walk out of his office. The door clicks shut behind me, and I keep walking, fast and angry. My heart is hammering so hard I can feel it in my throat. My cheeks are burning too and my hands won’t stop shaking. I just need to get the
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Killian Davenport Of all the women in New York, why did it have to be Elena Carson who walked into my classroom?I lean against my desk, arms crossed, watching her stand awkwardly in the middle of the empty lecture hall. Messy bun, slightly wrinkled blouse, flushed cheeks. She looks like
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Elena Carson KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK. I jolt awake, heart pounding. Ow. My head is killing me. I rub my temples and slowly register that I’m on the floor of my room. Not my bed. My hair is stuck to my cheek and there’s a dull ache behind my eyes that makes even breathing feel like effort. Everyth
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