to slide the heavy fabric off her s
s hands, his long fingers naturall
center of her chest, completely block
is thumbs brushed deliberately agai
shot down Keeley's spine.
er highly strung nerves, suddenly sen
he tried to cover her nose an
ch
a loud, uncontr
she sneezed almost directly onto Ho
athly silence. Even the professors
d in her seat, a cold, expectant smirk twisting her features as sh
ed. She wanted to dig a hole in
t a frantic apology, desperate to use t
ed down and let out a
nt shattered the frozen atmosphe
gray silk handkerchief f
raised his hand and wiped the tip of her
away as if she had be
hundreds of students stared in sheer disbelief at the shockingly gentle act. Professor Alistair awkwardly cleared his throat
. She was terrified he was going to ann
dkerchief and put it away. He
listair and gave a very
d that he had been tracking a gen
orithm module Keeley had just pu
lland praised her coding logic to a level
leaned into the microphone and declared in a low
The mocking looks instantly turn
d completely frozen. The heavy, rigid silence from the back row
He was a liar, a monster who was pushin
olland raised an eyebrow at Keeley. Hi
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