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Chapter 9 Intoxication

Word Count: 1456    |    Released on: 13/05/2025

ey's

ce cream shop. I remembered it being Chloe's and my favorite

g he might have

loe excitedly stepped

hind her as Noa

He glanced at me wit

d I love the ic

hloe had already ordered

for the ice cream to arrive. The sh

p empty?" I aske

ng to a new branch" Chloe answered

? I didn

with the paperwork an

ally good lawyer huh

ay really good but

but she's actually a really

friend that's a lawyer wil

shot him a knowing look and they both smiled mischievously. "looking forward to worki

't w

anter made me feel left out but

...

him like a halo causing his brown eyes to glitter. My thr

reactive around Noah? He alw

ssively, ignorant to w

my head from the courtroom the moment he steppe

" No one was supposed to know but the legal teams, mean

looked away, as if emb

followed her,

d Agatha?" C

e. Dinner with my parents and... " he hesitated

to hear that statement . He not

ne . In case that wa

n't s

that kind of manipulation?" He shook his head. "I needed to know what she was planning. So I skipped dinner and followed her. Sh

at him,

st... figu

n she said she'd ruin your career unless I gave her som

nct was to record?? That a

"That recording... if you h

," he cut in. "You were the only

as dangerous. Too dangerous. I folded my arms across my bo

through the tension which sh

e screen, then

ent," she sighed. "I'

cab, here are the keys" she h

re good?" She asked

ded.

xpression unreadable, then bac

ve me a slight

r without Chloe's presenc

to Noah. He

denly. "Why did yo

y from me, closer than before. I could smell the faint scent of his colo

ve never craved someone'

nt him to take you on

long moment, his e

e I lik

ut his words cut through the still silence l

. "You don't know

d

way older

losing the distance between us

this wasn't okay. That I was his professor. That the li

I di

place, trapped in t

look at me?" he said softly. "Like y

ted, but no

You didn't deserve what happened in there and you don

ught t

and pulled me back down to sit. Be

ke he'd been holding it back for too long and couldn't an

ack away, shove him!.

y brain screame

I di

m like I'd been drowning and he was air. There was a hunger in it I hadn't fel

s booth was secluded , his hand brushing my waist. My breath hitched as his touch moved

t lose myself completely I caught m

. The tears I hadn't even realiz

thinkin

h no

sn't

he kiss,

ered, stepping

confused

ime. "You're a student. And I'm not

my lips and entire body was cold again and alon

ig

the table , almost stu

cking. "I just...I need to go.

I

the store not attem

keys until I finally shoved them into the ignition and pee

s from the memory of that kis

you? Why are you feeling th

u

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1 Chapter 1 Let's Get A Divorce.2 Chapter 2 Going Clubbing3 Chapter 3 A Steamy Night4 Chapter 4 A Big Mistake5 Chapter 5 A Dangerous Mess6 Chapter 6 Cornered7 Chapter 7 My Little Girl Custody8 Chapter 8 A Last Minute Safe9 Chapter 9 Intoxication10 Chapter 10 A Sticky Shower.11 Chapter 11 Suffocating Meal12 Chapter 12 You're Joking!13 Chapter 13 Friends 14 Chapter 14 Bonding.15 Chapter 15 What is this feeling 16 Chapter 16 Burning Thoughts17 Chapter 17 A Good Day18 Chapter 18 Please, Mama.19 Chapter 19 False Charm20 Chapter 20 A Dire Situation21 Chapter 21 The Game22 Chapter 22 Off The Edge23 Chapter 23 An Old Friend24 Chapter 24 They Meet25 Chapter 25 Dissecting Feelings26 Chapter 26 Hot Head27 Chapter 27 A Date 28 Chapter 28 Field Trip29 Chapter 29 Arriving30 Chapter 30 Realization31 Chapter 31 Him Again32 Chapter 32 This Isn't Right33 Chapter 33 Why Did It Hurt 34 Chapter 34 Highlights35 Chapter 35 A Night Of Passion36 Chapter 36 Just Sex37 Chapter 37 Confused38 Chapter 38 A Knight In Basketball shorts39 Chapter 39 An Unwanted Visitor40 Chapter 40 Shaken41 Chapter 41 Sighted42 Chapter 42 Assurance43 Chapter 43 Going Home44 Chapter 44 Denial45 Chapter 45 Regret46 Chapter 46 Broken47 Chapter 47 Forced Truths48 Chapter 48 I Miss Her49 Chapter 49 Stacey50 Chapter 50 Our Secret51 Chapter 51 Loving52 Chapter 52 Are You In Love 53 Chapter 53 Confession54 Chapter 54 Today Is Present55 Chapter 55 The Game56 Chapter 56 Still Showing Up57 Chapter 57 Public Declaration58 Chapter 58 Like Wildfire59 Chapter 59 Self Dissolving60 Chapter 60 Come Back61 Chapter 61 Come With Me62 Chapter 62 Let's Leave