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inally looked up. His gaze travelled slowly, from my face down

s are Tuesdays.

said and stepped closer, and the edge of the desk pressed into my

his head

brought out a copy of my paper and started

"This is the best paper I've read this semeste

shook my hea

e here." he set the paper do

a," a small smile tugged at the corner of his lips. "I noticed that

dry instantly.

e air. "You're here in my office,

ing. He came around the desk and fin

ou once. What do you a

m that I had been trying to get his attention, so I c

ve appealed it through the department, not coming straight to

cause my throat felt too tight t

reached into his desk drawer from across, pulled out a file, flipp

nted at a paragraph

d. "What

teresting." He smiled aga

p the file, my eyes sweeping across the paragraph that Lorcan h

senior staff would have no other choice than to forfeit all scholarship fund, be subjec

er, and my eyes remained

can's face. "I think yo

ped it on the desk. "Nothi

I want you to understand what you're walking to." He picked up his phone f

ould walk to the Dean's office with this recorder and tell him you came to my office after school

"That's not what ha

with proper proof." He set his phone down. "I'm a tenured professor, and you are a scholarship student who didn't deny th

ted pounding hard. I had to fist my hands to s

place. "I wouldn't have to. I could just leave my phone unlocked on my

entions-three times a week." He smiled coldly. "I hope you're not expectin

t's against the rules, and you sh

ignored what I said totally. "When it's over, you get your A, your scholars

in my head, slowly fading away because I couldn't imagine- "I'm not doin

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he grade, I'd do something else-find an alternative.

fail you, and report to the dean about your conduct in my office today. If you agree to m

to slits."You hav

d I can make this look like whatever I want i

omach. He is doing this not because he wanted me-because he was probably getting bored wit

ether, anger bubbling o

his drawer, and closed it. "I'm a man who

ing daggers at him

be, Aleena?" His voice

gainst me, against everything I had worked for since freshman year,

yes and took

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