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the administration had made it clear that class was not canceled. No one really knew what to do. I looked at Dex. He gave me a quizzical look back. And then the door to the lower level opened and a skinny, nerdy guy with an acne problem came out carrying a laptop and a chemistry book.
    I looked at Dex again and frowned. "What's Byron doing down there?"
    Dex held his hands up palms up like he had no idea. "Introducing the new prof?"
    Byron approached the lectern and set his laptop and chem book down on it. "Morning." Byron's voice unfortunately cracked just as the mic squealed with feedback. He turned bright red.
    "Sorry!" He cleared his throat. "As you know, uh, Dr. Rogers has, is, unfortunately unable to finish out the semester." Pause. "Yeah. Soooo." Pause. "I'm going to be taking her place and filling in as your instructor for the rest of the semester. Uh, yeah.
    "For those of you who have me as your lab TA, you'll be reassigned another grad student, Bhat. He's very good. Yeah. You'll like him."
    I felt the blood leave my face. "No," I whispered to Dex. Things had just gone from bad to worse.
    "Looks like you're going to be going to that standing study session of yours after all," Dex said. "Or his new office hours."
    "Shut up." I was in deep trouble now—my new professor had a crush on me. Ouch. Dr. Rogers having a thing for Logan had nearly ruined him.
    GPA warrior that he was, Dex turned to me. "You need to step up our game. How are you going to top cobblestone bars now?" He leaned in and whispered directly in my ear, "Maybe you should reconsider my suggestion to sleep with him." Dex's voice was teasing.
    "No. Way."
    "Okay," Dex said. "But you're going to have to start flirting all over with Bhat."  
     
    "Byron is your new chem professor?" Nic looked at me, just as aghast as I was.  
    I nodded as I got ready for work.
    "This is bad," she said, sitting on Bre's bed and leaning against the wall.
    "Byron's a good guy," I said, trying to be optimistic about something. "He won't sabotage me."
    She looked skeptical.
    I blew out a long breath. "I wish I'd never looked at missed connections. Then I'd never know…about any of this stuff."
    "Ignorance is bliss for a reason," Nic said. "But you're forgetting one thing—Byron doesn't know you saw the post or have any suspicions about him. So ignore it."
    "That's true," I said, thinking the same thing was true of Logan. What if I just ignored it?
    "Uh-oh," Nic said. "Don't go there. I see what you're thinking—that you can ignore the post you think is about Logan. That's not the same thing and you know it. That post could eat up your relationship. You don't have a relationship with Byron. They aren't equivalent. Talk to Logan at dinner tonight."
    "I'm so looking forward to going to work now."
    "Hey, work's work. You should be excited about having dinner with a guy who loves you."
    "Maybe. Maybe he loves me."
    Nic shook her head. "Insecurity is not sexy. Just remember that, Ellie."
    My phone buzzed in my pocket. I grabbed it. When I saw who it was from, my heart plopped right into my stomach. "Uh-oh. How does he even have my number?"
    "What?" Nic slid over next to me and read over my shoulder. "Byron. You never gave it to him?"
    I shook my head.
    "Then he abused his power and got it from university records. That's my guess." Nic frowned and read it out loud. " What do you think of my new position? Exciting, isn't it? Stop by my office tomorrow and we'll talk about how to bring your grade up. " Nic stared at me. "Sounds innocuous enough."
    "If you don't know the situation," I said.
    "What do you think he's going to suggest?"
    I shrugged.
    "What are you going to do?"
    "Nothing." I slid the phone back into my jeans pocket. "I have to run."
    I grabbed my purse and left for work. I couldn't tell Nic the other reason I was nervous about work—now that I knew for sure Jason was my dad, I wasn't sure how I'd deal with it.
    As it turned out, I shouldn't have worried. Jason was his