HER PROFESSOR'S GOOD GIRL
If I held onto the assignment until Monday, I’d be late, and I couldn’t afford that, not with him.
I didn’t want it to seem like I was taking him for granted because he was my uncle and we had a… peculiar relationship.
I closed my eyes, drew in one shaky breath, then another. My legs still felt weak, my stomach knotted, but I forced myself forward. Step after step, the sound of my shoes echoing in the deserted building, I walked toward Stephan’s office.
I reached his office and hesitated at the door. The light was still on meaning he was still in. My stomach tightened, but I knocked anyway.