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 seem

something, but then seemed to think better of whatever it was and simply shook his head. "You

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

even harder. "Your skills in bed... did not speak to a lot of experience," he finally said after a beat of silence. "I

moment then shook

once leave me. I squirmed uncomfortably in my chair, feeling a mixture of

about this, about my 'skills'... Well, it 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 of my head since it had happened, but now

I wanted to know

any... specific... pointers you may have had for me?"

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unison at that. "Pointers?" He let out a laugh that was so loud it almost made me jump out of my seat. "You want me to give you

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

"Sit back down."

pause, and the ice in his eyes made me obey. I plopped back into my

leaning on his

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frowned, clenching my jaw, and looked away. "I mean... I'm just

moments, utterly silent. I kept my gaze fixed on the window; it was pitch black outside already, although I could hear the sounds of voices and laughter floating up from the courtyard below

"I'll give you pointers. But you have to win the next round of two

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

He nodded. "That's it."

It's your

into the amber liquid for a moment with his brow furrowed in thought. Finally,

most. My favorite color is blue.

lips. "You're not engaged," I said immediately and without any thought. "That

thought to myself as we stared at each other. It couldn't be... Edwin wasn't engaged. He couldn't be engaged. We had slept together, and he had

trembling legs, however, he drank all of his whiskey and slammed his

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