Semua Bab Secret Affair With My Professor : Bab 11

Aiden's POV The morning air was crisp, sunlight stretching across the campus lawn in perfect symmetry. A normal day, but nothing about me felt normal. I had barely slept. Even when sleep came, it wasn’t rest. It was memory, Julian’s voice, his eyes on me, the way he had said it: ‘Do you wish it were you on that bed instead?’ It haunted every corner of my mind. I woke before dawn, showered, dressed, stared at my reflection a little too long. But when I opened my planner and saw “10:00 AM Julian Harrison (office)” written in neat blue ink, I froze. It wasn’t avoidance, it wasn’t weakness. It was self-preservation. And maybe it was fear. So I made the call. I told his father I wouldn’t be at the university today, but would make it up next week. I gave no excuse. That alone was unlike me, and he probably noticed, but I didn’t care. Today was not for teaching, today was for pretending. *** The store smelled of polished wood and expensive things. Glass cases sparkled with