Total pages in book: 103
Estimated words: 98496 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 492(@200wpm)___ 394(@250wpm)___ 328(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 98496 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 492(@200wpm)___ 394(@250wpm)___ 328(@300wpm)
The professor was a Lyccan, and he had revealed his secret to prove that he wanted Kassia permanently in his life. Was that enough for her to forgive the professor for everything? Should it be enough?
Even now, a part of Kassia was afraid that the professor was still playing with her, and she wondered painfully if the fear would ever go away.
If only the professor was a less complex man. If only he was more like Jacob—-
But Kassia knew she was only lying to herself as soon as the thought started forming in her mind.
If she had wanted someone like Jacob, then she would have fallen for Jacob from the start. Maybe she would even have fallen from one of the few boys her age back in her hometown. But she hadn’t.
Instead, she had fallen for the professor.
A man who, for all how perfect his life might seem to the world, had so many layers to him that a lifetime might not be enough for Kassia to truly understand Alessandro Moretti.
It was a bittersweet thought.
She had a lifetime with the professor she had fallen in love with, the professor she had once thought was forever out of her league. A lifetime with Professor Alessandro Moretti, the man who had hurt her so much that even her own mother’s odd ways paled in comparison.
A lifetime...
Before Kassia knew it, she was already reaching for her phone inside her bag and sending the professor a text message.
Exactly three seconds later, and she heard the doorbell of her suite ring.
A nervous laugh escaped Kassia. Oh dear. This inhuman speed of the professor would take some getting used to.
Jumping out of the bed, she padded barefoot across the suite until she reached the door. Flinging it open, she found the professor standing perfectly still, an exquisitely brooding look on his equally gorgeous face. He had changed for the night, dressed in casual elegance with his black button down shirt and tailored pants.
Crap. He. So. Beautiful.
Dazzled and dazed, she wasn’t able to think of anything sensible and mature to say. “G-good evening, Professor.” It was lame, but it was the best she could do.
The professor didn’t return her smile. “You didn’t check before opening the door.”
She shook her head.
“You need to be more careful next time.”
She nodded obediently. “Yes, Professor.”
Sensing her wariness and knowing he was the reason for it, Alessandro asked lightly, “Have you turned into a meek little lamb because you know I’m the big, bad wolf?” Kassia visibly relaxed, enough to smile, which he returned.
Swallowing, Kassia tried to rein her nervousness in as she stepped back to let the professor in.
“Thank you,” the professor murmured as he entered the room.
Two ordinary words, but it was enough to have her heart slamming hard against her chest. Was it just her, or did the professor sound even sexier now? Kassia mentally cringed at the thought. She was so, so foolish.
Closing the door, she found the professor looking at her, his beautiful face still unreadable. But when he spoke, she knew exactly what he wanted to talk about.
“Kassia—-”
Panic, inexplicable but violent, surged up inside of Kassia.
She didn’t know and couldn’t explain why, but she just didn’t feel like she was ready to talk about the two of them.
She shook her head.
Frustration darkened the professor’s gaze. “Kassia, we must—-”
She suddenly had difficulty breathing. “No—-”
The professor’s chest heaved. “I’m sorry, little chick, but—-”
Desperate, she did the only thing she could think of to shut him up.
Kassia threw herself at him.
“What are you—-” Albeit stunned, Alessandro’s Lyccan reflexes enabled him to catch Kassia without fail. He started to ask what was wrong, but the moment Kassia was secure in his arms, she silenced him with a kiss. Then her arms went around his neck and her legs wrapped around his waist.
He tried to pull away, but she only kissed him harder in response. “Please.” When her voice broke, his heart cracked alongside hers, and he knew they wouldn’t be talking then.
His arms tightening around hers, he kissed her back, telling her without words that whatever she wanted, he would make sure to provide.
Her body shook against him in response, and her lips stopped its desperate dance against his. It became soft, painfully so. Thank you.
The professor took control then, and Kassia surrendered to his dominance. The feel of his lips moving against hers, alternating between poignant tenderness and rough passion, made Kassia squeeze her eyes shut. When his tongue pushed inside her mouth, Kassia’s toes curled while her arms tightened reflexively around his neck. And when the professor started sucking on her tongue, she moaned and her body began to move uncontrollably, her breasts rubbing against the professor’s hard chest while she unconsciously ground her sex against his deliciously throbbing erection.
Knowing he was only moments away from taking Kassia on the floor, Alejandro stalked towards the bedroom, Kassia still in his arms and their mouths still locked in passionate union.