Chapter 157

Tessa’s POV

His lips were sweet.

The moment he captured my eyes with his, I knew I was a goner. I couldn’t resist him. He just looked at me so sweetly and he was so incredibly good-looking. My entire heart belonged to him, and I didn’t want anyone else.

I didn’t want to imagine him with anyone else either.

He let me close the gap between us and wrap my arms around him. He let me stand on my toes and kiss him. Once I made that first contact, he wrapped his arms around me and deepened the kiss. In that kiss, I knew he wanted me just as badly as I wanted him. The doubts, the fears, and the pain had all evaporated from my body.

At that moment, there was only me and him.

He lifted me into his arms and turned us both around so he could sit me on top of his desk. As I sat on his desk, I wrapped my legs around his waist and closed my eyes as he kissed down the nape of my neck. His fingers traced my collarbone, sending a wave of chills throughout my body.

I moved my hands down to the hem of my jeans, playing with the buttons until they were unlatched. This was probably a very bad idea, but I didn’t care. All I cared about was Joseph and being with him again.

I needed to feel his touch.

He didn’t stop me, which pleased me. He did stop kissing me for a moment and his eyes trailed down to my unbuttoned jeans. I saw his eyes darken and a hint of a smile surfacing on his lips. This made my breathing heavy and my heart race in my chest.

“Take them off,” I whispered to him without even meaning to.

He met my eyes again and I could tell that he was struggling to keep himself under control. But I wanted him to lose control. I wanted him to devour me.

Was it a bad idea to do this in his classroom?

Probably.

Did I care?

Absolutely not.

He finally grabbed my jeans and slid them down my long and slender legs, pulling them over my shoes and dropping them to the ground. I was grateful that I wore my white silky underwear. It’s not like I anticipated this moment, but I would have died if I had worn my thick and unattractive underwear.

“I need to taste you,” he whispered against my lips.

I wasn’t going to argue with that.

He lowered himself between my legs and used his hands to spread them apart. I threw my head back, holding onto his desk to support myself. He moved my underwear to one side, exposing me to him. I felt vulnerable in this position; I felt exposed. But I also felt safe.

I bit my lower lip as I felt his tongue draw circles around my clit. It was slow motion at first like he was testing the waters. I felt myself growing hot all over my body and then a pool of desires dripped down my inner thighs.

I gasped as he deepened his tongue into me and pleased me with his entire mouth. I couldn’t help the soft moan that escaped my lips. I’m not sure how thin these walls are, so I didn’t want to be too loud.

I ran my fingers through his thick and dark hair, using my nails to massage his scalp as he continued to devour me.

“Oh Joseph…” I whispered hoarsely.

Just as I was about to reach my climax, he stopped and trailed kisses up my naked stomach. My shirt was still on, but he used his hands to lift it as he kissed my body. Once he got to my lips, he released my shirt, allowing it to cover me once more.

He kissed me with a heated passion as I struggled to unbutton his pants. He soon helped me and then allowed his pants to fall to his ankles. He wore these boxer briefs that left no mystery of what lay underneath.

As he continued to kiss me, I ran my fingers across his bulge, feeling it twitch with excitement.

He used his hands to release himself from his boxers and without much warning, he shoved himself inside of me. I gasped at the impact, but he caught the gasp with his lips and hungrily kissed me as if he was parched and I was a glass of water.

He thrust himself into me and at first, I felt the pressure against my abdomen. But then the pressure evaporated and all that was left was pure bliss.

I muffled my moans in his chest; I wanted to scream with pleasure as he continued to thrust.

I reached my climax, and I threw my head back as I exploded around him. Within a few more thrusts, he pulled out of me, lifted my shirt, and released himself onto my stomach. We were both gasping for breath by the time we were done.

He leaned his forehead against mine and kept his eyes closed. I wrapped my arms around him and pulled myself close to him, kissing him softly.

“I know you love me…” I whispered. “Why can’t you just admit that…”

He was silent for a moment; I kept leaning against him, listening to the rhythm of his heart.

“It’s not fair…” he finally said after a long silence.

“What’s not fair?” I asked in return, looking up and into his eyes.

He was quiet for a moment longer, and I saw the struggle was returned to his dark gaze. He finally pulled away from me, leaving me cold and vulnerable.

He put his pants back on and handed me my jeans. I frowned at him, my heart feeling as if it weighed a thousand pounds.

After a moment of hesitation, I began to put my jeans on, but my eyes never left his face. Though, he was now avoiding my eyes.

“What’s not fair?” I repeated.

He walked around his desk to pack up his things; it was at that moment that I noticed his hands were shaking. I furrowed my brows together, not sure what was going on. I wished he would tell me the truth about how he was feeling.

Joseph has always been a gentleman; he wouldn’t just have sex with me and then act like it didn’t happen. That wasn’t what he was about, but telling from his current actions, that’s exactly what it looked like he was doing.

I watched in silence as he cleaned up his desk and then packed his things into his briefcase. Once his briefcase was sealed, he began to walk toward the door.

“Joseph…” I said, narrowing my eyes at the back of his head.

He froze at the doorway, but he didn’t turn to look at me.

“What’s not fair?” I said again, more firmly.

He sighed and finally looked back at me.

“Wanting something so damn bad, but not being able to have it.”

Then, he turned away and left the classroom.

…..

Third Person POV

Ruby was dreading going to this game. She knew that Tessa only agreed to go because Joseph Evergreen was nearby, and she wanted to make him jealous. But she thought Tessa would have backed down by now.

But it looked like they were actually going.

Ruby leaned against her locker, feeling nothing but misery. She was incredibly exhausted. She hasn’t slept a full night in weeks. She wasn’t even sure why, but she’s been having these strange dreams.

They start like nightmares; she’s running through a forest and away from these creatures of night. She wasn’t sure what kind of creatures, but they only came out at night and in the dream, Ruby knew they were dangerous.

But then in front of her appears a man with a face she had never seen before. Though his appearance was fuzzy, Ruby knew he was handsome, and her heart pounded in her chest when she saw him.

He was also strangely familiar, but she wasn’t sure where she would know him from. She felt safe around him and the nightmarish feeling she once felt lifted, and it was like a light at the end of the tunnel.

He ran his fingers down the side of her face, and she closed her eyes, leaning into the touch. Then his words made her open her eyes.

“Run.”

It was a simple, yet effective word. Once she opened her eyes, she was back in her room. After that, she’s not usually able to fall asleep again.

She has no idea where that dream comes from, but it’s always the same one. She blames Joseph Evergreen’s class and all the fantasy literature she has to read daily.

She sighed and brushed the thought out of her head.

The game was going to start in 30 minutes and if she had to go, she wanted to at least get a good seat. Tessa had been in Joseph’s classroom for the last 20 minutes. Ruby decided to go and check on her to make sure she was okay.

As she walked toward the writing wing, she heard some muffled voices from around the corner. She frowned and followed the sound until the voices became clear to her.

“I don’t see why you bothered inviting her,” Amanda whined. “She doesn’t even like football. She never goes to your games. Even when you were together.”

“I already told you. Once I get on her good side, I will have her write good things about my family's business. I’ll bring in more business and make my father proud for once. Then, once I’m done with her. I’ll leave her and take you out.”

Amanda sighed but then she kissed Brian passionately on the lips, making Ruby want to gag.

“You better,” Amanda said lovingly to him.

“I have to go. We are doing warm-ups. I’ll see you out there,” Brian said, winking, and then kissing her again.

He jogged away; Ruby rolled her eyes. She knew Brian had alternate motives; she was glad she knew for certain now.

“Brian is going to hate you at the end of this game,” another voice said, making Amanda turn around.

Liz walked out of the shadows with an amused look on her face.

“So what? He will get over it. I can get his family's business way more customers than that skank can,” Amanda seethed, making Liz laugh.

Amanda pulled out her phone and brought something up to show Liz.

“I can’t wait to broadcast this photo for the entire televised nation to see,” Amanda said with a huge smile. “Everybody is going to know just how skanky Tessa really is.”

“She was stupid to do that in his classroom,” Liz agreed, rolling her eyes dramatically.

Ruby’s heart fell into her stomach as she watched as the two girls burst into laughter and walked away.