Touch Me While I Taste You

Chapter 40

40

Arabella Rivera

A surprising heat slid up my neck. “Okay Mr. certified genius who wants to stay mysterious, enough of the wooing.” I cleared my throat while fixing a book in m y locker.

Christian’s bushy brow quirk up. “You call that wooing? Darling, you’ve heard nothing yet.” He joked.

I laughed. Christian was very different from Haiden. Whilst he was light and flirty, Haiden was dark and gloomy. They weren’t counterparts of each other, so different, yet somehow the universe jammed them together for the sake of its amusement.

“So what class do we have first? You’ve been hogging my schedule, so I didn’t get to have a peek.” Christian chuckle with amusement drowning in the depths of his eyes.

I scowled playfully. “I’m your tour guides o I have to have your schedule.” I drop m y eyes to the said paper and grin. “Oh you

ves to the said paper and grin. “Oh you are going to love this class. We have Literature.”

He narrows his eyes. “Why do I have a feeling that those words are colored?”

I crinkled my brows. “Colored?” I asked. Was this a slang word from whatever part of the world he came from? From what he has told me, he had been to many, so he must’ve picked up a few slangs here and there.

He grins. “Yeah, like you’ve colored them to sound truthful but you’re lying.”

Christian then snorts. “And here Mr. Gibbern’s been boasting you.”

“Hey that’s unfair! We don’t say that around here.” I protested and slammed m y locker shut.

Christian does too but chooses to close his softer than I did.

“Don’t get mad Ella, it’s just a joke.” He winked and turned to me.

“Shall we?” Christian asked with a smile carved

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we made our way to the Literature class. We were supposedly early, being welcomed by only a few students. Mr. Boyd’s face was tight as usual, lines angry even though today was Friday. But upon seeing the sight of a new student, his features switched so suddenly

moves off the desk he’d been leaning on. He scanned his eyes over the room. “Not sure if we have space for an extra

the class and looks

strap of the

don’t usually get transfers at the beginning of senior year but we’re happy t o have you, Classes are tough but I’m

scrutimize Christian intently

beaming grin stretching on his face

Mr. Boyd leans back on the desk and crosses his arms across his chest as he waited for the rest of the class

on a vacant chair, Christian follows suit and sits beside

lowly. “Yeah,

in a drought. On his bad days, which was mostly every

missing. One wasn’t surprising the other had me confused. I took my phone out

Where are you?

showed delivered but

was no reply

to introduce our new student who has joined us today. Stand up Christian.” Mr. Boyd spoke loudly. I swiftly push my phone in my bag, not

looking uncomfortable by the many eyes ogling a thim. “Tell

his eyes away from the teacher to scan them over the class. I wasn’t surprised that he had gained the attention of many girls. The way their eyes

fool you, I surprisingly have some brain

seems to fit in so well and he hadn’t even spent

sits back down, sighing

starts the class.”

you goo-goo eyes or the fact that you’re now a comedian?” I turn to him and narrowed my eyes

was strange how comfortable I had been with Christian when he hadn’t been here for hours. It was like my soul was drawn to him somehow. Not romantically

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