Hm. Now that was a nice angle."Ma'am," Ray said, his voice soft and thoughtful, "it isn't that I'm trying to make things hard for you, but this has already been reported to the school's disciplinary office. It'll be extremely difficult for me to walk it back.""Please, Mr. Caldridge, I'm begging you!" Noelle held her ninety-degree bow, perfectly still.Well now, this was getting good.Noelle's face, honestly, was only about an 82 out of 100. Certainly pretty enough to be called a great beauty, but still a notch below true perfection.Besides, she was a respectable married woman.Did he feel any guilt about it? Not a chance. If there was exactly one thing in this life Ray never felt an ounce of sympathy for, it was Jayzepan.He put on a thoughtful frown, as if this were agonizing for him. Noelle never straightened out of her bow, and the weight on her chest was clearly starting to tell, sweat beading on her forehead.Only then did Ray give a slow nod. "I'll see what I can do."
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