up her hands. “I can’t help myself.”
“You have a very serious problem!”
Jenna ignores me, giving Drew a nod of acknowledgment as she passes him. I shake my head once, filing that drama away for another time.
My stomach feels heavier with each step toward Drew. Why wasn’t he in class? Where did he go? Why didn’t he tell me? Am I over-thinking this?
Of course, I am. I’m Heidi Newbury.
I shake off the thoughts as I stop in front of him. “Hey,” I say.
“Hey,” he says.
“What’s up?” I ask.
He nods, the question loaded. “We need to talk,” he says.
I stiffen, and he chuckles. “You’ve got to stop doing that to me, man…”
“I’m sorry,” he says, smiling as he opens the classroom door beside him. “Come on.”
I walk inside, and he closes it behind us. With a quick glance to make sure the room is empty, I lean against a desk and cross my arms.
“Are you okay? We missed you in class.”
“Yeah, I’m fine,” he answers. “Something came up, that’s all.”
I almost don’t want to ask, but his face is full of words unspoken. “What came up?”
Drew clears his throat as he leans on the desk across from mine. “I couldn’t do it,” he says.
“You couldn’t do what?”
“Be naked in front of all those people.”
“Why not?” I ask. “I thought you were okay with it.”
“I was going to,” he says. “You were cool with it and I was cool with it, or so I thought I was.” He takes a breath. “After the other night, I just couldn’t bring myself to share that part of me with anyone else. Anyone but you.”
I smile. “Really?”
“Yeah.”
“The girlfriend conversation really got to you, huh?”
He chuckles. “It didn’t hit me at the time what that really meant, you know? It meant commitment. And trust. And... all those things I’d never even thought about before. Until I met you. Then, I thought about how good it felt to be with you like that and I just...” He shrugs. “I told Professor Wilson something came up. Gave her a list of names so she could find a replacement at the last minute.” He squints. “Who showed, by the way?”
“Uh...” I wince. “Corey.”
“Oof,” he says.
I laugh. “Yeah, I don’t think he’ll be invited back anytime soon.”
“What did he do?”
“Jenna told me the term was helicoptering. I took her word for it and decided not to look it up myself.”
He chuckles. “I will send Professor Wilson an apology.”
“Good idea.”
Drew stands up and bridges the gap between us in one smooth stride. “Do you have any plans tonight?” he asks.
“Oh, yeah.”
“Yeah?”
“You’ve got me on a busy night,” I say. “I was going to crash the Beta Kappa party, then join the pub crawl until I was too wasted to drive myself home.”
He nods. “Sounds like fun.”
“No, the real fun begins when I call my sugar daddy to come pick me up.”
Drew just smiles, long in on the joke.
“Netflix and books,” I say, giving the genuine answer. “My usual Thursday night go-to.”
“You want some company?”
“I’d love some.” I smile as I push off the desk. “If you know a good sugar daddy, tell him to hit me up.”
Drew hooks my elbow. “Ha-ha,” he says as he yanks me back in for a kiss.
Chapter 28
Heidi
Keep your back straight. Sit real close.
And touch him.
It wasn’t bad advice after all.
Drew’s lips lock with mine again as the movie plays on in front of us. Honestly, we didn’t make it ten minutes before the smooth touch I had on his thigh sparked something more. A caress here. A kiss there.
The next thing I knew, I was on my back.
Drew feels up my thigh, his hand traveling past my skirt to grope my breast above my shirt. Shivers dance through my body every time, twisting my nipples into hard nubs and making me ache for just a little more. I spread my knees wider. He shifts even closer, the thick outline of his prominent erection tenting his jeans. It presses hard against my body and I can’t stop myself from rolling my hips and grinding us together.
A groan lingers in the back of his throat. Our tongues meet in the middle, a wet, teasing lap that fuels our passion even more.
Drew moves his hand back to my thigh again. I quiver, waiting for that shiver-inducing grope, but he shifts his body instead and feels up my inner thigh toward my panties.
I gasp as his finger touches my crotch. He looks at me, his green eyes deep and seductive,