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She just stared at me.

"What? Talk to the press? Penny, that really would just make it worse."

"Yes. Please. Please tell the real story."

I wanted to shut this conversation down. But I heard Dr. Clark’s voice in the back of my head. We needed to talk these things through. And if this was what she wanted? How much could it really hurt? "Joe's going to be mad."

"I don't care. I don't want to go here anymore anyway."

Wait. What?"You don't?"

"No. I want to take the rest of the semester off. And try to enroll somewhere else in the spring. I want that fresh start you talked about."

I smiled. That was exactly what I wanted too. But she’d been so adamant about staying here. I thought… Well, I wasn’t sure what I thought. But I knew what this meant. That she truly was all in. "You'd give up going here to be with me?"

"Yes. All that I care about is being with you."

I wanted to lift her up and twirl her around.

"I love you, James Hunter."

I smiled. I knew she loved me. But hearing her say she was willing to move? And start over somewhere new with me? Her actions aligning with her words made my heart beat easier. She was as far gone as I was.

"I love you with everything that I am,” she said.

I grabbed her waist and kissed her. "I love you." I lifted her up onto the sink. "And it's rather convenient that you're already naked." Because I was about to show her how much I loved her too.

She laughed as I pressed my lips against hers again. I’d been barely holding on when I met her. But now it felt like I finally had everything figured out.

I’d thought a lot about my fresh start when I left New York. But it wasn’t about moving to Delaware. It wasn’t about being a professor. Those choices had just led me here. To her. Because she was the only person who could save me from myself. And she was the only thing I’d ever loved more than a vice.

Yes, I was still a mess. But I’d be better for her. Because she was fucking everything to me.

***

We finally emerged from our bedroom and Rob was in the kitchen with a knowing smirk on his face. Penny and I hadn’t exactly been quiet this morningorlast night.

"Good morning," Penny said to him.

"Well, you two look like you're in a good mood," he said as he opened up the fridge. "Must be all the sex." His head disappeared behind the fridge door.

Penny’s face flushed and she looked up at me. "Could he hear us?" she whispered.

I leaned down so my lips brushed against her ear. "He might have been able to hear you. You're unbelievably responsive."

She pushed on my chest.

"I'm just kidding," I whispered. "I'm sure he couldn't hear us.” But…it was a lie. Because she’d been very vocal when I ate her out this morning.

"Do either of you want some scrambled eggs?" Rob asked. "I assume you're both hungry after your double header."

"I would love some, but only because it's breakfast time and I have a normal person's hunger," Penny said and sat down at the kitchen counter.

Rob laughed. "Don't be shy now. You know, for such a nice place, the walls are kind of thin. Don't you think,Professor Hunter?"

"Shit," I mumbled. Rob was never going to let me live this down. But Penny had screamed my title several times this morning when my tongue was in her pussy.

"You don't have to be embarrassed. Penny already told me all about how kinky she is. I would have been surprised if she wasn't screaming Professor Hunter all night and morning."

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