to slide the heavy fabric off her s

s hands, his long fingers naturall

center of her chest, completely block

is thumbs brushed deliberately agai

shot down Keeley's spine.

er highly strung nerves, suddenly sen

he tried to cover her nose an

ch

a loud, uncontr

she sneezed almost directly onto Ho

athly silence. Even the professors

d in her seat, a cold, expectant smirk twisting her features as sh

ed. She wanted to dig a hole in

t a frantic apology, desperate to use t

ed down and let out a

nt shattered the frozen atmosphe

gray silk handkerchief f

raised his hand and wiped the tip of her

away as if she had be

hundreds of students stared in sheer disbelief at the shockingly gentle act. Professor Alistair awkwardly cleared his throat

. She was terrified he was going to ann

dkerchief and put it away. He

listair and gave a very

d that he had been tracking a gen

orithm module Keeley had just pu

lland praised her coding logic to a level

leaned into the microphone and declared in a low

The mocking looks instantly turn

d completely frozen. The heavy, rigid silence from the back row

He was a liar, a monster who was pushin

olland raised an eyebrow at Keeley. Hi