Fatal Attraction | WLW

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PART II

EMBER'S POV

I was left stunned as Dove shoved all these accusations down my throat. I wanted her to hear me out and explain why I acted so coldly towards her last week, but she didn't give me a choice. She raced outside in a hurry because she didn't want to hear me, and I was almost running after her when the woman she came with stopped me.

She wore a short jean skirt with a pink tank top, and her hair was cut to a blond buzz cut. Her peering, intimidating brown eyes had no effect on me. I'm much worse with my gaze.

"Let her be alone for now. She needs to cool down. But I swear to God, if you only played with her, I'll fight with you." She seethed and turned on her hill outside.

Megan immediately ran to me, asking what happened, but I was too furious to even utter a word. I hate it when someone tells me what to do.

After a few minutes, I paid for the coffee, and we headed to the parking lot. I began to drive to the college campus when Megan started to talk.

"Who was that girl?"

I gripped the steering wheel tighter and glanced at her. I had no mood for chit-chats, let alone talking about Dove.

"Gosh, Ember, talk to me. How long do we know each other?" She demanded an answer.

I sighed and reluctantly replied, "Ten years."

"Exactly, so why are you now trying to keep that girl a secret from me?"

I honked at the car before me and heard how Megan sighed. I'm not the type of person who can easily open up to people, but Megan has been there for me since we were seventeen. She knows me too well for my liking.

"Spill it out, Moore. I know you want to." She nudged my shoulder, and my lips turned into a thin line. She does this every time I'm driving.

"Alright, alright, but can you stop touching me? I don't want to cause an accident." I turned to her with a fake smile and quickly dropped it.

We came to a traffic light, and while I waited for it to turn green, I thought about the best way to admit to my friend that I had something with my student. All the emotions flooded through me, and I had no clue if what I did was wrong.

"I agreed to my last tutoring session and met this woman, whom I found so interesting for the first time that my eyes landed on her. I never felt attracted to one of my students, and I never thought I would, especially since it was my last tutoring." I said, and the light turned green. I stepped on the accelerator and turned left.

"Did something happen between you two?" Megan asked.

I cleared my throat and said, "Yes, something happened between us, and I fucked it up entirely." I confessed.

"Then tell me what happened. How did you fucked it up?"

"Well, a week ago, we met for the last three times, and I really wanted to continue to get to know each other, but right before our last meeting, I did some research on my future students and realized Dove would be one of them." I rubbed my forehead.

The week before that, I had to attend interviews about the free position as a history professor. I was happy; I finally found a good job, and I could once and for all stop tutoring and be a real professor.

But when I did a quick search about my class and saw Dove's name, I shattered. I slept with my future student, and that could ruin me if someone found out about it. That's why I was so distant with Dove last week. I haven't known her for too long to know who she will tell. We slept together, and I know it's my fault because of my unprofessionalism, but I truly couldn't resist her.