CHAPTER TWELVE DENNIS POVNo words were utter by any of us for the next few seconds after that.Both of us simply stared at each other.He was the first to speak."I think you misheard me," he said the moment he stepped away from me.He had already turned back to his desk by the time the words left his mouth. I hated how he was calm and unbothered as if the moment had not just happened at all."I didn't mishear anything," I said.My eyes watched him intently.There was no way he was getting out of this without giving me a proper explanation."You have been distracted all morning," he said without looking up. "Not on the work, but on me. That is the problem."A dry scoff left my lips."That is so not what happened."His gaze flickered to my face for a moment before it lowered to his desk."Then what happened, Dennis?"The way he said my name in that soft voice like he was correcting something got me.Heat washed over my skin.I pressed my lips together and said nothing in response bec
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