All Chapters of HOT PROFESSOR NEXT DOOR: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

ARIANA'S POVI shot to my feet so fast I nearly tripped over my own legs. "Keep your voice down!" I hissed, looking nervously toward the wall separating our apartment from his.Maya stared at me, then she stared at the wall. She slowly turned back to me, then back to the wall. Then back to me again. "No."I blinked. "What?""No, no, no, no, no." She shook her head rapidly as she stood up from the bed and started pacing across my room. "Absolutely not. I reject this information.""Maya—""No!" She pointed at me accusingly. "Do you understand what you've just told me?""Unfortunately yes.""You met a stranger in a club.""Yes.""You sat on his lap.""Accidentally.""You got drunk.""Yes..""You climbed onto him."I buried my face in my hands. "We don't have to keep saying that part.""You begged him to touch you.""Oh my God… Maya!!!""You wore his shirt.""Please stop.""You slept in his apartment.""We are using the word ‘slept’ very loosely here.""And now you're telling me that this

ARIANA'S POVOhhh… shit. No way.It can't fucking be. But I checked well… he wasn't there any longer.Fuck.I should have checked again.Oh my God.Why did this have to happen to me? I squeezed my eyes shut as I inhaled deeply.Slowly, I turned around. My eyes met with grey ones.Hold on… not blue? The tightness in my chest instantly loosened.It wasn't Professor Thiago. It was Professor Reynolds from Statistics.Relief hit me so hard I almost burst into tears right there."Professor." I smiled weakly.His brows pulled together slightly. "Are you alright?"“Yes.” I forced out, even though my heart was still trying to recover from the five seconds of absolute terror I'd just experienced.For one horrifying moment, I'd been completely convinced it was him.Professor Thiago.If it had actually been him standing there?Oh God.I would've simply evaporated, turned into dust or vanished from the face of the earth.I would've prayed for the floor to open up and swallow me whole. I would've

THIAGO'S POVI wasn't supposed to be anywhere near the professor's lounge right now.The professor's meeting had already started at the event hall and, if I was being honest, I would've preferred being anywhere else entirely.Unfortunately, I had left my charger sitting on my desk after my morning lecture and my phone battery had chosen today of all days to be really low.So while everyone else sat inside the hall discussing schedules and departmental reports, I found myself walking back toward the building I'd left almost twenty minutes earlier.I wasn't exactly in a hurry.As I walked, I recalled who else I'd seen in this building earlier that afternoon.Ariana Castillo.Last night had been complicated.She had somehow managed to turn my entire evening upside down.I'd watched her cry in my living room. I'd watched her fall asleep wearing my shirt. Then this morning, I'd watched her sneak out of my apartment like she was escaping a crime scene.The corner of my mouth twitched despit

ARIANA'S POVJudging by the fact that Professor Thiago suddenly looked very interested in the paperwork sitting on his desk while the corner of his mouth was still trying to betray him, I was going to assume yes.Yes, he absolutely heard it.Fuck.If I ever got out, I was going to throw myself into traffic."Maya," I hissed."What?" she whispered back innocently. "I'm just being honest.""Maya.""What? He is!"Professor Thiago cleared his throat.We both froze, staring at each other.Cowardice ran deep in our friendship.A few seconds passed before Maya finally straightened and looked toward him properly. The teasing expression disappeared from her face almost immediately."Professor?"He looked up.She shifted awkwardly from one foot to the other before glancing down at the floor. "I'm really sorry."His eyebrows lifted slightly."I mean it," she continued quickly. "What I said earlier in the doorway was completely out of line and you were literally helping her while I came in scream

ARIANA'S POVThe lecture hall was already half full when Maya and I slipped into our first class the next morning.I adjusted the strap of my bag and followed Maya toward the empty seats near the middle of the hall.Then, I looked up and immediately wished I hadn't.Professor Thiago stood at the front of the class, flipping through a stack of papers.My chest tightened.For one stupid second, I actually considered turning around and walking straight back out.Unfortunately, Maya had already taken a seat.Traitor.I slid into the chair beside her and suddenly found the surface of my desk fascinating.Very fascinating.I never knew this school had extremely fascinating desks. The most fascinating desk in human history."Morning, everyone."His calm voice drifted across the room, making my pulse jump.I suddenly recalled what happened last night.My pen nearly slipped from my fingers.There was no way he saw me.I hoped so."Ms. Castillo."My head snapped up.Oh no.Oh God no.Please don