groan, while taking my first bite of my
perfectly grilled and seasoned steak.
“Mmmmm, Ryder everything tastes so good. You
can definitely cook, that’s for sure,” I say, stuffing my face with
another forkful of food.
“I got mad skills,” he says, grinning.
After we’ve finished our meal, we clean up
the dishes and kitchen.
Ryder then grabs my arms and leads me to the
bedroom. Closing the door, he turns towards me and hauls my yoga
pants to the floor. I kick them off when they hit my ankles. Hell
yes! It’s naked time. He picks me up and lays me on the bed,
covering me with the comforter.
“I’m gonna get a shower. Be back in a minute,
babe,” he says, walking into the bathroom taking his t-shirt off
and closing the door. The last thing I remember is the sound of the
water turning on, before I fall into a sound sleep.
Chapter 10
Brent the Creep
The following morning, I enter the teacher’s
lounge to grab a cup of coffee. I look around, hoping that Brent is
nowhere to be found. He isn’t. I make my coffee and sit down on the
sofa, slowly sipping the hot brew, my thoughts drifting back to
last night.
I’m so upset with myself for falling asleep.
I’m positive that if I hadn’t, Ryder and I most definitely would
have had sex. My stomach flutters at the thought of me and Ryder in
bed together naked. I think about his hard body rubbing against
mine as he prepares to enter me.
I’m so consumed with my thoughts of Ryder
that I barely pay attention to what some of the other teachers are
discussing. I manage to pick out something about an assembly
sometime next week, a certain troublemaking student to keep an eye
out for and the new substitute teacher.
Focus Ella, there are other things to think
about other than Ryder, oh and sex with Ryder.
I finish my coffee and head out of the
teacher’s lounge to go to my classroom. As I am opening the door to
leave, my face collides with a hard chest. Looking up, I notice
Brent wearing a shit-eating grin. Fuck! I really don’t need this
today.
“Hey Ella, how’s it going? How about you and
I have that drink at my place tonight?”
“So not going to happen, Brent,” I reply.
“Don’t be like that,” he says, grabbing my
arm and hauling me out into the hallway.
“Get your hands off of me!” I shout, hoping
someone will hear me in the teacher’s lounge
“Ella, calm the fuck down. What is your
goddamn problem?”
“My problem is that I’m with Ryder now. I’ve
told you this and Ryder has told you, but you keep after me. We are
so not going to happen. You need to accept that Brent.”
“You want me Ella. And I want you. This is
going to happen, whether you like it or not,” he says, in a
menacing voice. He grips my arm so hard that I’m pretty sure it’s
going to leave bruises.
“You are so dead. Didn’t Ryder tell you not
to mess with me?”
“What’s your precious bartender going to do
about it? He might look the part of some badass biker, but it’s all
a front. He’s a pussy and I can kick his ass anytime.”
I smile as I wrench my arm out of his grasp.
“You keep on believing that, Brent,” I say, heading back to my
classroom.
I can’t help but think that he is so going to
get his ass kicked. Brent may be hot as hell, but he sure is a
stupid asshole.
When I get to my classroom, I turn on the
lights and notice something written on the whiteboard. I walk up to
the board, gasping when I read the message; YOU’RE FUCKING MINE,
NOT HIS!
Pulling out my phone, I snap a photo of the
message left for me, before erasing it. It’s pretty clear who wrote
it. If he wasn’t going to get his ass kicked before, he definitely
will now.
I am suddenly afraid and sick to my stomach.
I’m not sure if Brent is going to become a serious problem or not.
I make my way to the office and inform Susan, the secretary that
I’m ill and need to leave for the day. She tells me to go home and
get some rest. The new substitute teacher is actually in the
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