Forbidden Desire 18+

Chapter Eighteen

ISABELLA MATTIA

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I'm staring straight at the professor as he talks through the lecture but not a single word of what he says is going in. I'm still sweating over what happened last night. I don't even recognise who that person was.

One moment I was texting Kory naughty pictures of myself and the next thing I knew I'm riding Elio's thigh until I practically exploded over him. Oh. I also can't forget how he asked me to clean up my mess and I did as he asked like a little bitch.

I cringe at the thought and run my hand across my forehead. Charlotte glances at me from the seat next to me but I don't look at her. I should not be thinking about Elio's deep voice and the way he commanded me and the way he watched me with darkness in his eyes.

"Fuck," I rasp under my breath.

A few people in the row in front of me turn and glance at me. Charlotte leans over. "What's wrong with you?" She whispers.

I clear my throat and shake my head. "Nothing. Nothing."

"I don't buy that."

My gaze focuses on the professor as he goes over the selected reading for our classes and the questions he wants us to answer for a group discussion. It's strange because I know I can feel Elio's eyes staring at the back of my head and I refuse to turn around and look at him. I couldn't even spare him a glance this morning.

God. I hate myself for letting him affect me like this.

When the professor dismisses us I pack up my things and sling my bag over my shoulder. Charlotte is still watching me suspiciously. "Wanna grab a coffee?" She suggests.

I nod immediately. Anything to not be alone with Elio. "Sure."

We walk out of the lecture hall and towards central campus. Charlotte nudges my arm gently when I find myself staring at the ground but that's because I refuse to lock eyes with Elio and I need something else to focus on. "What's going on with you?"

I sigh and shake my head. "It's complicated."

"Too complicated to tell me about it?"

My eyes roam over her innocent face. I'm not even sure I can openly voice what happened last night because then it proves to me that it was real and I'm still devastatingly in denial.

We grab a coffee and sit in our usual spot after our lecture. I shrug off my jacket and lounge back in the large chair, taking a sip of my drink and enjoying every ounce of the caffeine. I barely slept last night–no shocker there.

Even after my earth shattering orgasm that still makes my cheeks burn pink, I tossed and turned in my bed and didn't find sleep until the late hours of the morning. The bags under my eyes were the first thing I noticed when I woke up.

"Has this got something to do with you not texting me back?" She raises a suspicious brow.

"What?"

"I texted you last night and this morning but you didn't respond."

I blink at her realising that Elio confiscated my phone so that he could have my data and messages wiped from my phone. I know he's going to get them removed from Kory's phone too. "Oh," I rasp. "Yeah, it's getting repaired. I broke it last night. Sorry, I should be getting it back soon."

Charlotte's forehead creases. "How did it break?"

"I dropped it down the toilet," I blurt out of nowhere. "Completely fucked it."