All Chapters of Teach Me How to Love You: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

When I didn't say anything, Spencer followed my gaze and spotted Alan."Hey, man." He smiled. "Brought the party here. Come join us."Alan shook his head. "I'm tired. I'll turn in. Don't let me stop you two." He turned and walked back inside."All right." Spencer watched him go before turning to face me. "I've been meaning to ask. How are you two even friends?"I bit back a laugh. "What do you mean?""You're polar opposites. You're all sunshine and cheerful. He's…" he searched for the word, "locked up. Grumpy."The laugh I'd been holding back burst out, loud. "Opposites attract, haven't you heard?""Do you two actually talk? Like, as friends?"Still laughing, I nodded."I would pay good money to watch that conversation."***Spencer didn't leave until ten. I walked him out to his car, where he thanked me again for the day.He leaned against the car. "Since Tiana's apparently here to make my life difficult, I might head to another city. Or back to the States. Haven't decided. Either wa

Once I was dressed, I sat on the edge of the bed, rehearsing what I'd say and how I would handle the whole thing.Then I reconsidered.He barged in on me. By all rights, he should be the one handling the awkwardness. Except it was his room, which made it hard to call it barging in at all.I went back and forth like that until I gave up, not wanting to put my recovering head through any more, and opened the door.Alan sat staring at the empty plate in front of him when I came down, so lost in his head he didn't seem to notice me walk in.The tension only built the closer I got to him.I pulled out a chair and sat. The breath he drew told me he'd registered me now, but he still didn't look up.The silence stretched, and the longer it held, the worse it got, until I couldn't take it anymore."Umm, thank you. For the clothes." Then, before I could stop myself, I added, "They smell like you."I bit down on the inside of my cheek. My nerves were doing the talking now.He rubbed the back of

I froze, panic flooding through me at what had just happened.Alan drew the last of the gelato from my mouth, looking far too smug about it. "Remember, I grew up with Lory. I see every move coming.”He acted like nothing had happened at all.But his lips had been on mine. Alan had kissed me. Inside, I was completely losing it, yet he was unbothered, so cool about all of it, that I refused to be the one to turn it into something.I sat back down beside him and called him stingy. He nodded along to every name I threw at him.My nerves quieted on the outside, but my head wouldn't let the kiss go. Alan was good-looking, I couldn't even pretend not to see it anymore, and if I'm being honest with myself, I'm attracted to him.I can't even explain how or when it happened. And to top it all off, now I knew, firsthand, that his mouth was soft.Desperate for something other than the kiss to focus on, I blurted, "I should've brought my camera. For the view.""Use your phone."I got up and went c

My eyes opened slowly, my head throbbing from all the alcohol. I moved to stretch and winced, an unfamiliar ache settling between my thighs, proof of everything that had happened.Alan hadn't gone easy on me, not all night. He had taken his time with me, then lost it completely, like a man who had been starving and finally let himself eat. And it felt incredible. Better than anything I had read about, anything I’d imagined.He had worshiped every inch of me. The memories surfaced in flashes, his hands gripping my hips, his mouth everywhere, the low praise he breathed against my skin that had me coming apart.I had chosen the right man to give my first to. The sex had been worth crossing that line for. Worth every bit of it.The crossing-the-line part caught up with me, and my whole body braced for the consequences. I turned to Alan's side of the bed to find it empty.I sat up slowly, wondering if he was in the bathroom, my mind already scrambling for how on earth I was supposed to fac

I set the food aside and stood, still catching up to the fact that Alan was talking to me.Out of the corner of my eye, I caught Noah heading off to his room, leaving us the space."Nora, what happened? Your phone's been off for hours, and Peggy said you've been gone all day.""I switched it off for a funeral." I rubbed my arm. "Then forgot to turn it back on.""That's, " he caught himself, took a breath. "You can't just go off the grid like that. Not without telling anyone." He took me in properly. "Are you okay?"The honest answer was no. But saying it would open up everything that happened, and this wasn't the place, not with Noah just a room away. He probably wasn't listening. Still, I wasn't taking the chance.Alan murmured something under his breath, too low for me to catch, then frowned. "Why do you look so worn out?""I was sleeping. Only just woke up."He nodded. "If you're done with your brother, let me take you home."The plan had been to stay the night, mostly to give Alan