Page 69 of Forbidden Professor

“My father is going to have a heart attack.”

“Your father will be just fine.”

“He can’t control me anymore.”

“That’s absolutely correct, Eve. You’re the boss now. You call the shots.”

“I can have anything I want,” I whisper, my eyes darting down to his lips.

“You’re free,” he reminds me.

“Free to live my life,” I say, joy bubbling up inside of me.

“Free to kiss anyone you want. Even a frog,” he winks.

I laugh, shaking my head. “You’re hardly a frog, Carter. But yes, I can kiss anyone in the whole world that I want to.”

ChapterTwenty-Nine

Eve

Carter sitsacross from me at his apartment, beaming with happiness.

I’m flattered that he’s so happy. It makes me feel a little less self-conscious about my absolute ecstasy at this entire situation.

The fact that Carter wants to build a relationship with me is incredible. I’d been so sure he was done with me, that there wasn’t any possibility of anything ever happening between us, certainly not a relationship. I’m not sure exactly what changed, but I’m glad something has.

As happy as I am, my happiness is still tainted with a thread of worry.

Carter could lose his job. My financial aid stuff isn’t progressing very quickly.

We still have Aiden and my father to deal with.

Realistically, all the obstacles we face are still there. Nothing has changed, except the fact that we’ve given into our desires, at last. My cheeks heat and I press the back my hand to my face.

“You are so fucking cute,” Carter says.

“Hush,” I say, looking down. All this sudden attention is a lot. I love it, but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t overwhelming. My head was spinning. Everything has changed so quickly. I feel like I’m drowning in emotion.

And my cheeks hurt so hard from constantly smiling.

I attempt to relax my face, but it’s impossible.

“I can’t believe this,” I whisper to him. He reaches over and grabs my hand in his, warm and comforting.

“Me, neither,” he says. His eyes are so soft. My hands in his feels so right. I could stay here forever, just holding his hand and looking at him.

“So, what now?” I ask, the one question that seems to be lingering at the forefront of my thoughts.

“Now, we build.”

“Build?”

“Our future, princess. One brick at a time. We move forward one step. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.”

“What’s the first step?”

“Hmmm,” he says, his eyes averting as he thinks. A mischievous grin rolls across his face. “Well, I was hoping the first thing we could do is go back to your place and spend the evening in each other’s arms. I can’t stop thinking about it, Eve. I want to sink myself inside of you so badly, its driving me crazy.”

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