Page 14 of Aching for His Discretion

She sighed. “You’ll be with me the whole night! Plus, there’s an after-party at some club nearby, so we won’t even need to be near Alec all night! You agreed already. You better be ready when I pick you up,” she ordered, and I rolled my eyes at her antics.

“Fine, I’ll make sure I’m ready. Happy?” I replied, closing my laptop.

She stood, giving me a side hug. “Very. See you in class,” she said, smiling.

I nodded, packing up all of my books to head to the lecture hall. Sitting in my front seat again, I ignored all the students coming as I prepared for the lecture.

Our professor began soon after, and I focused on the board as I began taking notes. Soon, he left another few practice problemson the board, and after a moment, something was placed in front of me.

I glanced up to see my professor with a few assignments he was returning to the rest of the students. I looked down and smiled as a 95% score was before me. Sure, it wasn’t 100%, but I did great in comparison to the last practice test we’d taken. All thanks to my personalLevi Ackerman. I can’t believe I’m already starting to miss him.

“One good grade doesn’t make you the smartest in the class,” came Alec’s voice, and I turned my head to see him looking at me with a look that seemed annoyed. It seemed he was angry but still seemed disgustingly interested in me somehow.

I gave him a slight pout. “And one bad grade doesn’t make you the dumbest. You’ll do better next time, I promise,” I replied, smiling, and I turned my head as his friends laughed at him.See, I can be funny too.

Soon, class had ended, and I made my way home as I planned to stay in and study the rest of the week to get as much done as possible… meaning my shows with Grayson would sadly have to wait until I was finished with this exam coming up.

After getting ready for the night, I sat at my desk to cram in anything else I needed to work on. My next rotation was going to be in OB/GYN, and I was excited to help deliver little bundles of joy! It was going to be at the same hospital I was working in, and I may have to pop in and out of the emergency room at times, too. I just hoped I wouldn’t run into Dr. Wyatt, though weirdly enough, he hasn’t been all that rude to me lately, and I was grateful for that and also thankful that my last shift with him was yesterday.

Speaking of little bundles of joy, Grayson walked over to me with the handle of the panda mug that Levi was using in his mouth.

“Grayson. Were you in the cabinets again?” I asked him seriously as he placed the mug on the ground softly. I picked him up slowly and shook my head as he purred. “Bad kitty. But I can’t blame you. I miss him too.”

He snuggled into my arms for a moment, and I watched his ears perk up at the sudden noise coming from Mitchel’s door being opened. I walked over to my door with him in my arms, with the slight hope that it may have been Levi, and I paused when I heard different muffled voices.

I looked down at Grayson, and it was clear he was giving me the eyes that said not to go any farther, but curiosity got the best of me…It also killed the cat, but I would never let anything happen to my baby.

I opened the door slowly, and I could hear their voices a bit better.“Fuck, Elliot, it smells like shit in here.”

“Well, that’s what happens when you get drugged up and have to face the consequences, Micah,”the other man said, and I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. Drugged up? Face the consequences? They had to be discussing Mitchel… but he wasn’t doing drugs, or at least I would never imagine him doing them. He just looked like he was going through a rough patch in life and wanted to be left alone.

Elliot spoke again.“Besides, I wouldn’t expect less. The boss was fucking angry.”

“By the way… I noticed he’s been over here a lot lately. It shouldn’t take this long for this kind of job. You don’t think he was distracted, do you?”

“By what? The guy is like a damn—what the hell was that?”

I gasped as I realized the timer for my macadamia nut cookies had gone off.

I went to close the door when a foot was shoved in. I almost let out a scream as I held Grayson closer to me, and the door opened slowly, revealing a third man who had his foot in the door, aswell as the two speaking before. Did I mention that they were all just a bit gorgeous?Small details but important ones.

“Why hello,” Micah said with a smile, and I bit my lip as I held Grayson closer.

“Hi,” I whispered.

The two other men said nothing as Micah spoke again. “What’s your name?”

“Teegan...” I muttered unsurely.

Micah leaned against the frame, still smiling with his pearly white teeth and blue eyes. “Well, my name is Micah. This is Elliot, and the man who disrespectfully kept your door open is Nico.”

I nodded slowly.

Micah was a classic blonde with blue eyes but was the opposite of the typical suffer boy in terms of style. Nico was a bit more tan with a buzz cut, while Elliot had dark, straight hair and brown eyes. All three of them were very muscular and had jawlines that looked sharper than knives.

“Oh, okay… are you friends of Mr. Amante?” I asked, subtly noticing the empty trash bags in their hands.

The three of them looked at one another before looking back at me.

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