A Yearning Beyond Years

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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