Page 19 of Guarded Rebellion

I stared ahead at the closed door to her lab room.

For the first time, I hated that he was right.

Eva Baranov was off-limits.

But the more she gave as good as she got, the more she rebelled and tried to push me into acting on this lust I couldn’t shut off, I fell deeper into a pit of need that drowned me.

This was just another job, another assignment from Oleg Baranov.

I was here only to keep her safe and pure—and that included from me and whatIwanted.

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EVA

Itook my assigned seat in the chemistry lab, leaned my elbows on the counter, and cradled my face in my hands.

Oh. My. God.

Lab classes were my favorites. Even though I only had two—chemistry and biology—I could have a breather from Lev. A wall stood between us. He couldn’t insert himself in the room like he did everywhere else. The assigned and limited seats in the room prevented his overbearing presence from invading here.

And I needed that break.

After the intensity of his gaze and the firmness of his grip on my neck…

Oh, fuck.

Hot and bothered at just the memory of his leg pressing between mine, I relished the secrecy of keeping my face in my hands. No one could see the rabid blush on my cheeks. No one could witness the phenomenon of me appearing so bewildered. So flustered.

So… turned on.

Lev was attractive. I couldn’t and wouldn’t deny it. But I refused to act on it. Unfortunately, though, I couldn’t command my body to resist him either.

Being under his dark stare and caught between his hard body and the wall, I was reduced to a needy, horny woman. If he’d done that little act to show me the difference between a man like him and a boyish guy like Bryce, well, he’d succeeded.

That fucker.

At the buzz of my phone, I sat up, ready to march right outside and throttle the man if that vibration indicated a text from him.

I needed a break. I needed a vacation from him after that stunt.

Was it a stunt?

I cringed, looking at my phone before the lab would start.

Kelly:What in the hell were you doing in the hallway????

“Dammit.” I didn’t want to face the third degree from her.

Kelly:You insist that he’s just there as your bodyguard. You keep saying you can’t stand him.

Kelly:So color me confused when I backtracked in the hallway and saw you with Lev caging you in.

She sent a GIF of a man leaning against a doorframe.

Kelly:And you looking like this

Then came a GIF of a woman drooling.

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