35. Appropriate nightwear

Dahlia Carrington

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It was a whole week after Damon and I had sex in his office and I was a lot happier than I’d ever been. There was a certain thrill in being with my professor. Damon said we should be careful at school but even he got distracted sometimes. I always waited after class to talk to him privately, which ended up in a make-up session between us.

I stood with Christopher in front of the airport while Anya waited in the car. He had his luggage in his hand and was returning to California. Anya and I were together and he had called to have one last lunch with me which was why we all ended up together.

“Do you have a boyfriend now?” Chris asked out of the blue instead of going inside the airport.

“B-boyfriend?” I stuttered at the word. “I didn’t have one when you came. Why would you think I have one now?” He had stayed for a total of three weeks.

He tucked my hair behind my ear and for a second, I thought he was going to tell me about how he liked me again, but instead, he l