Lahat ng Kabanata ng A Night With Professor Elliott : Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 4

Nancy’s POV Before the meeting in his office, Pamela walked up to me, looking for an explanation, maybe.“This isn't like you, Nancy. You…‘broke down.’ You barely joke with your studies. What's happening? Wait, is it your mum?”This time, I tried to keep shut, but Pamela was my best friend.“I have a better job. It fetches more money, but takes a lot of time,” I said in a quiet tone.“Bloody hell, another job? With more wages!” She was indeed taken aback, looking around and whispering as if it were a big secret.A laugh escaped my mouth. “In fact, I have been the one taking care of mother’s bills.”Pamela stopped searching and immediately turned to me, her eyes wide. “With rich clients, too? Why didn't you tell me earlier?”I maintained a brief silence, but she continued anyway. “I have a secret too; I have a lover,” she chuckled. “And unlike you, single girl, mine is tall, handsome; for now, he is ‘Mr. Mysterious.’ He knows how to… make me happy.”“Thought you were a nun,” I teased

Nancy's POV I walked home directly after leaving his office. I had enough money for a cab, but I needed the walk after what had just happened. It was a long walk from the faculty building, but I didn't really care.The whole walk back, I kept replaying it in my head. How Pamela's mother had just barged in, standing in that doorway as she looked at us like this wasn't the first time she was seeing this. And Elliot, who was standing beside me, just casually reached for his glass of water as if nothing had happened.I had waited for him to say something. One sentence would have been enough. But he hadn't. He said nothing. I didn't need him to claim me or anything... but still. I shoved my hands deeper into my pockets and walked faster.The thing was, I had known better. I had known from the beginning. The first night, in that hotel room, I had known that I was just a thing for his pleasure. He had handed me cash from the bed, and I had cleaned myself up and left with money that paid for