One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 34 Audrey

There was a long, tense silence after I stated my two truths and a lie. Edwin blinked at me in surprise, and I felt my face heat up beneath his gaze; was that too far? It was all I could do to quickly stare down at my whiskey and wish I hadn't said those words.

Talk about inappropriate, I thought to myself. Damn this whiskey; I shouldn't have accepted it.

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But then, to my surprise, Edwin let out a low, rumbling chuckle.

"The chocolate part is a lie," he said easily with a wave of his hand.

I whipped my eyes up, shock coloring my features. I had thought that he might guess that the virginity part was a lie, but... I supposed not.

"What?" he asked, casually sipping his drink. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

I managed a shrug despite myself. "Nothing, I just... I thought you would have guessed that the virginity part was the

lie."

"Well? Was it?" he asked. I shook my head, and he gestured to my whiskey. "You're supposed to drink if I got it right." Sighing softly, I took a tiny sip of my whiskey; when Edwin shot me a withering look, I took a bigger gulp to satisfy him. When I was finished, I set my glass down and toyed with the end of my braid.

"Was it that obvious?" I asked quietly.

"Was what obvious?"

"When..." I pursed my lips, my face reddening even more, and quickly looked down at my lap as though that would somehow hide it. "When we... slept together."

Edwin cocked an eyebrow at me. "Are you asking if it was obvious that you were a virgin?"

I nodded, and he sighed, draining the last of his whiskey and refilling it. "Not really."

didn't even

then seemed to think better of whatever it was and

into a flat line, I said, "Might as well. We've made

bed... did not speak to a lot of experience," he finally said after a

then shook his head. "No.

in which Edwin's icy gray eyes didn't once leave me. I squirmed uncomfortably in my chair, feeling a mixture of sensations:

just made the events of that night we spent together flicker through my mind all over again. I had been trying to push it out

I wanted

any... specific... pointers you may have

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that was so loud it almost made me jump out of my

I might explode. Rising from my chair, I grabbed my bag. "I'm sorry, Professor Brooks. That was inappropriate.

"Sit back down."

command in his voice gave me pause, and the ice in his eyes made me obey. I plopped back

on his elbows across the desk. "Is that

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clenching my jaw, and looked away. "I mean... I'm just curious to know if you

could hear the sounds of voices and laughter floating up from the courtyard below as students made their way to and from parties. I should have been with them, not up here playing drinking games and thinking about sex with

he said, "I'll give you pointers. But you have to win the next

him a sidelong look. "That's it?"

He nodded. "That's it."

It's your turn,

swirled his whiskey around in his glass, staring pensively down into the amber liquid for

enjoy classical music the most. My favorite color is

mouth hung open of its own accord at that last one, and without even meaning to, an abrasive laugh escaped my lips. "You're not engaged," I said immediately and without any thought. "That

we stared at each other. It couldn't be... Edwin wasn't engaged. He couldn't be engaged. We had slept

drank all of his whiskey and slammed his