Page 74 of My Turn

“No. I don’t want to be part of all that. Besides, he doesn’t give a shit.”

“He does. He just doesn’t know how to deal with everything that’s happened. Ten years makes for a lot of shit to swim through.”

“Whatever. It’s not important right now. Scoot.”

I stared at her for a moment. “No.”

“What? We need to hurry.”

Patting my lap, I pushed the chair back a little so she’d have room. Her mouth opened and she looked toward the door. I raised a challenging brow as I waited. Her cheeks pinked before she gingerly sat on my leg. I gripped her thighs and rolled us into the desk, which forced her to sit back further.

Now that I’d been with her, I just couldn’t help myself. I needed at least a little bit of contact with her.

Leaning forward, I stared at what she was doing. My cheek was level with her forehead and I could hear the shaky breaths coming from her nose. She typed away, adjusting every assignment slightly until Carson’s grade reached a barely passing level. When she exited out, she pushed backward. I fought the urge to groan at the way her ass rubbed on my cock.

“Jayce.”

I rolled us away from the desk and she immediately stood. When she bent over, my eyes were locked on her perfect round ass in her jeans. She pulled open a drawer and touched the files until she found Carson’s. After removing the entire thing, she motioned for me to follow her.

We were nearly to the door when Mike turned into the room. Alana took a step back, thrusting the file behind her. I came closer so that it was hidden between our bodies. To make it look less suspicious, I wrapped an arm around her, flattening my palm against her stomach. With my hand on the other side of her, I took the folder and held it in place so that she could drop her hand.

“Alana,” Mike said, sounding annoyed from the fight he’d come from. “What’s going on?”

“Just came looking for my lunch date,” she replied. “He was taking longer than I thought he would.”

“Ah, I see. Are you okay?”

She squirmed when my hips pressed against her. “Yeah, totally fine. I’ll see you after school.”

He said something, but she was already scurrying out of the room with me still pressed against her back. When we got into the hall, she pried my hand away and walked briskly toward her classroom. Yeah, I was probably going to pay for my antics in there.

Once I closed the door behind us, she whirled on me. “What is your deal?”

“I don’t have a deal. I was just trying to get us out of there.”

“You came into my school to commit a freaking crime, Jayce.”

“Is it a crime?”

“I don’t know! You can’t do that kind of stuff. I can’t just have a day of goddamn peace anymore.”

“Me being here had nothing to do with you, so don’t act like it did.”

“I had to get you out of that mess, otherwise he would have caught you.”

“Then let him. I knew it was a risk. You shouldn’t try to protect me. That’s my job, Alana.”

“No. You’re just supposed to be my friend.”

She wrapped her arms around herself and it made her look small. I stepped toward her, but she shook her head.

“I don’t want to talk to you right now,” she said. “You’re doing shady shit with my brother and making me uncomfortable.”

Narrowing my eyes, I closed the distance between us regardless of her protests. I ran my hands down her arms, wishing I could do more than this.

“It was just one thing,” I assured her. “Now it’s done. No more shady shit.”

“Why’d you owe Ben a favor, Jayce?”

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