Ollie’s POVThe next several days move in a blur with me avoiding the brothers and the brothers avoiding me. Instead, I focus on school, trying to take in as much as I can.As part of my duties as Sylvia’s servant, I am only able to take the same classes as her. I sit behind her in every lecture, wa
Wildly, I want to be naked. I want him to take me just like this, to hell with the consequences. To hell with the lies.Leaning forward, he kisses along the column of my throat. When he finds my pulse point, and likely feeling my racing heart beneath, he sucks in a mark there.“Conrad…” I say with a
Ollie’s POV“What are you looking for?” I ask, redirecting. If the lying won’t work, I will deflect as best I can for as long as I can, until this conversation is over.“You know what I’m looking for,” he says, bringing the conversation back on track.This deflection isn’t going to be as easy as I w
Ollie’s POVEven though this accusation is incredibly ridiculous, I still shrink down into myself, embarrassed and ashamed. I know making me feel this way was Sylvia’s goal, and I hate giving her what she wants. But I just can’t help it.I’m mortified by this accusation.Professor Hunter is a new al
“It isn’t,” I say, “But that’s not your fault. I appreciate your hard work, and maybe in the future things will be different…”“I’m sure of it,” he says, and then seems somewhat distracted. Looking at me, he tilts his head. “I hate to ask an invasive question, but you are an orphan, aren’t you, Olli
Ollie’s POVProfessor Hunter leads me to his office, a smallish room on the third floor with his name on the door. The entire space is filled with books and papers covered in notes. Everything from notebooks, to free slips of papers to words hastily scribbled in the margins of books, is strewn about