Page 6 of Rolling with my Professors

“Is it?”

A few more questions, and I sign her recommendation, not because of ulterior motives, not because she needs a signature from at least half of the committee members to be considered, but because she’s the most qualified. I return the paper.

She slips it into her binder and gets up. She could have gone to any of the other professors to get enough signatures, but she came to me. That has to mean something.

I can’t help but ask, “On a different note… Do you have time to tell me about the dare?”

Her brow furrows.

“You mentioned a dare when you came in.”

She retakes her seat. “I basically dared Belova to go out with the next guy who asked her out, and she dared me to…” Mila looks over her shoulder but there’s nothing to see out of my doorway. “She dared me to flirt with you and Professor Sterling.”

Fuck. I shouldn’t have gotten my hopes up. I pick up the pen but am too tense to twirl it through my fingers. “So that’s it. You had your fun? Mission accomplished?”

Her smile comes across as forced. She’s not the first student to hit on Sterling or me. She’s just the first one I didn’t shut down. Joke’s on me. Our age difference looms larger suddenly. Just another school girl prank to give the professor a boner. Yep, mission accomplished.

“You’re free to go.” I watch the tip of the pen move in and out as I click it. Anything to avoid grabbing her and bending her over my lap.

She stands, steps to the door, and I wait for her to move on. But she doesn’t.

“Professor Rutherford?”

“What, Mila?” I practically growl. Too much pent-up frustration. I need to ride home and rub one out. Keep her in the only place I’ll ever have her… my mind.

“Nothing.” She turns quickly and slams into the doorway.

Somehow, I’ve gotten up, rounded my desk, and have her arm in my hand.

Her eyes are wide. I loosen my grip and nod for her to come back in my office. “You okay?”

She nods.

“What were you going to say? I didn’t mean to have such a harsh response.”

With her binder clutched to her chest, she looks up at me through her lashes. “It was nothing.”

“It was something.” My cock throbs at having touched her.

“It’s silly.”

“That’s one of the things I love about you.”

Our eyes remain fixed, even as I say too much. She doesn’t back down and I love that too.

“What were you going to say?”

“I’m glad Belova dared me.”

Chapter 4

Mila

Professor Rutherford’s breaths are ragged. The corded muscles of his neck strain as he makes a few attempts to say something. “The dare… to flirt with Sterling and me. Why?”

My eyes dart over his shoulder. It’s dark outside. Anyone could see in. We’re closer than is appropriate. I clutch my binder as if it’s a protective shield. “The dare gave me permission.”

“To break the rules?” he asks.

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