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."

even seem surprised just

mouth as if to say something, but then seemed to think better of whatever it was

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

bed... did not speak to a lot of experience," he finally said after a beat of silence. "I figured you hadn't had much sex before." "But you didn't immediately assume

then

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

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

wanted to

you may have had for me?"

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in unison at that. "Pointers?" He let out a laugh that was so loud it almost made

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

"Sit back down."

plopped back into my chair with

slowly, leaning on his elbows across

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jaw, and looked away. "I mean... I'm

of voices and laughter floating up from the courtyard below as students made their way to and

you pointers. But you have to win the next round of

shot him a sidelong look. "That's

He nodded. "That's it."

It's your turn,

for a moment

My favorite color is blue. And...

not engaged," I said immediately and without any thought. "That one is the lie. I thought you would have made this harder." For a few moments, Edwin said

couldn't be... Edwin wasn't engaged. He couldn't be engaged. We had slept together, and he had never said anything about

beginning to rise on trembling legs, however, he drank all of his

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