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ARIANA'S POVI tried to pull away from Scott, but his hands tightened slightly around me.I stiffened.I was still too shaken to properly understand what was happening. My heart was pounding, my breathing was uneven, and everything around me felt like it was moving too quickly.Then I looked back towards Professor Thiago to see him walking in our direction.My stomach dropped.People were already gathering around us, talking over one another about the car that had almost hit me."What happened?""That car nearly hit her.""Did anyone get hurt?"“Yes, the guy is bleeding.”My eyes found Professor Thiago again. He had stopped a short distance away, his gaze fixed directly on me.More specifically…On me in Scott's arms.Our eyes met.And suddenly, everything clicked.I became very much aware of Scott's hands around me, his chest against mine, and the way we must have looked from where Professor Thiago was standing.My breath caught.I quickly pushed myself away from Scott, using more st

THIAGO'S POVI drove through my family house gate.Dad had texted me earlier, telling me to come home for dinner, and even though I wasn't in the mood for it, I knew better than to ignore him.I parked and killed the engine. Then I sat there for a few seconds, staring through the windshield.I didn't want to see Scott tonight but I couldn't stay in the car forever, so I grabbed my keys, stepped out and walked into the house.I had barely taken a few steps into the house when I heard voices coming from the dining room.My gaze landed on Scott.My entire body locked. Every muscle in me went rigid, my hands curling into fists before I even realized I was doing it.He was sitting at the dining table like nothing had happened.Like he hadn't put Ariana in danger. Like he hadn't watched her almost get hit by a car and then turned himself into the hero afterward.My first instinct was to walk straight toward him.I wanted to grab him. I wanted to drag him away from the table and demand to kn

THIAGO'S POVThe drive home was quiet, but my jaw remained locked. I was still thinking about Scott and about everything he said.About the way he had stood there and admitted that he had arranged the whole thing, knowing Ariana could have been seriously hurt. He hadn't cared about her. All he cared about was getting her attention, making himself look like her hero, and convincing himself that he could drag her back into his life whenever he wanted.And then there was everything he had said about me.How he believed I had taken our parents from him simply because they loved me after losing my parents. How he had spent years comparing himself to me, turning every difference between us into another reason to hate me.I understood that he was hurt.I understood that he felt overlooked but none of that excused what he had done.Especially not when Ariana's life had been the price of whatever point he was trying to prove.My hands tightened around the steering wheel. And then Scott sittin

THIAGO'S POVHer gaze dropped briefly to my hands resting against her bare thighs before lifting back to my face, and I watched the colour slowly creep into her cheeks.The hesitation wasn't rejection. It was the sudden shyness that came with actually doing what she had asked for, especially when she was sitting in front of me like this, looking at me as though she was still trying to process the fact that I was her professor and that we had crossed every line we were supposed not to.My fingers moved slowly along her smooth skin, grazing her smooth thighs as I waited.She swallowed hard as her hands finally moved to the hem of her top. She looked at me once more before pulling it over her head.My eyes followed the movement. Then I went still.She was still wearing her bra, but the sight of her bare skin was enough to steal my breath. Her stomach was flat, her waist tiny, and the soft curve of her cleavage disappeared beneath the edge of the lace. Then my eyes caught the small silve