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Chapter twenty five

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Derek's POV

I sat alone on my couch, holding my phone like it was something dangerous. Something that would erupt in my face if I made the wrong move. The television was on, but I had no idea what it was playing. I wasn't listening to it. I wasn't thinking about anything but her.

Lydia. Her name on my phone made my chest tighten.

She said that she loved me. Not softly. Not in a voice I can pretend not to hear. No. She said with a tone of certainty. Like she meant it. And I believed her, but that's what scared me the most.

I let my head fall back on the couch and I looked up at the ceiling. I tried to breathe slowly, but it felt like something was pressing on my chest.

She is eighteen. I'm twenty nine. She's my student.

I should have left the moment I saw her blush when I invaded her space. The moment she looked at me like I was something other than her teacher. The moment I longed to touch her and couldn't resist. But I didn't. Instead, I let it happen and kissed her. And now she thin
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