Page 57 of The Hallows Queen

“This doesn’t change anything, P.”

She slams a hand down on her desk, her voice a hushed but angry whisper. “You made me afelon.”

I laugh. “Relax, drama queen, I’m eighteen.”

She sighs again. “That isn’t the point. I could lose my job if anyone found out, a job I’m very thankful to have gotten. You could ruin my entire life with just a few words.”

I lick my lips. “But I won’t.”

She leans forward on the hand she’s still resting on top of her desk. “Hayden,go. Go to lunch, be a good student, and pretend you never fucking met me.”

I grin. “There’s that filthy mouth.”

She closes her eyes, blowing a slow breath through her nose. “You’re infuriating.”

I use the fact she has her eyes closed to round the desk quickly and grab her, spinning her and pressing her ass against the wooden edge of the desk. She squeals as I grab onto her wrists and pin them. Sliding the tip of my nose up her jaw and into her hair, I breathe her in. “I can’t stop thinking about how good you taste.”

She wriggles, trying to get free, but I’m stronger than her.

She whines, “Hayden.”

“Tell me you don’t want me.” I kiss her jaw.

She whispers, “I can’t anymore.”

I chuckle into her hair and loosen the hold I have on her wrists to let her get free. She pushes my chest with her hands, making me take a few steps backwards toward the wall. Her face is flushed, and I bet her pussy is wet, and the thought makes me burn.

“Look at you,” I say, crossing my arms over my chest. “All hot and bothered for your student. I bet if I wanted to, you’d let me fuck you right here.”

She scoffs, bending down to grab her purse. When she stands back up straight, her eyes have grown dark and angry. “Pretend we never met, for your own good and mine.”

Then she leaves the room quickly, not turning to look back at me at all, and my rushing blood starts to slow as I lose the feeling of the thrill. I need more. I need more of the adrenaline I feel with her. Like a fucking addict.

I head for the cafeteria, skipping the line to get food and opting to just drop down next to my friends.

“How’s the first day?” Logan asks in way of greeting.

I roll my eyes at her. “Fine.”

“Learning a lot?” she teases, and I laugh.

“Oh,tons. Did you know there’s over a hundred types of atoms?”

She snorts. “Yeah, did you just learn that today?”

I give her a dirty look. “Shut up, Lo.”

As Levi drops down next to me, she laughs.

“Oh god,”Levi groans. “That new history teacher is hot as fuck.”

“Miss Leyton?” Logan questions, her eyes sparkling as she looks at Levi. “Wouldn’t kick her out of bed.”

My chest burns with the secret I’m keeping from my friends as I listen to them talk about Penelope, and I want to stand up and yell at them thatshe’s fucking mine.

“Well, now I’m picturing you in bed with her.” Levi slaps a hand to his forehead, groaning like he’s in pain as Logan’s mouth curls into a smirk.

I sit in silence as they joke and talk, replaying my encounter with Penelope in my head on a loop, trying to figure out how I can get more of her.

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