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"The fact that you don't even know what I'm referring to is disgusting," I said. I could feel the tears beginning to well in my eyes.
He stepped toward me and put his hand on my arm again. "Penny, let's go to my office to talk about this."
"I'm not going anywhere with you." I took another step away from him.
"Whatever you think you know, you couldn't possibly understand. Just give me a chance to explain."
Why do I have an urge to console him right now?The hurt in his eyes was weighing on me. "No, I think I do understand. And I'm sorry that I let anything happen between us."
"Don't say that, Penny." He was getting mad. I didn't want to fight with him. And if cheating on his wife wasn't his only secret then I didn't want to be anywhere near him.
"You were right to hide what kind of man you are from me. You're not at all who I thought you were. Don't text me, Professor Hunter." I turned briskly and walked out of the room.
"Penny!"
As soon as I left the room I let the tears stream down my cheeks. I couldn't believe that he wouldn't even admit it. And what otherhorrible secrets was he hiding? I kept walking so that he couldn't come after me.
Temptation - Chapter 39
Wednesday
"Hey, Penny," Tyler said. He was all smiles.
I took a deep breath and smiled back at him. It felt so good to smile. We walked into the restaurant together and the hostess showed us to a booth. I sat down across from Tyler. He was looking at me curiously.
"Are you okay, Penny?"
"What? Yeah, I'm fine." I looked down at the table and tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear. I was suddenly nervous to be around him. "So have you figured out what you're going to talk about in your next speech?"
"You know what, I think I have. But you'll have to wait and hear about it in class."
I laughed. "Why? Is it something that's going to embarrass me again?"
"You're so conceited. My speech has nothing to do with you. Geez, I do that one time and set a precedent." He laughed. "At the same time though, you get pretty easily embarrassed, so it's hard to tell."
I rolled my eyes at him. "So I really can't know? I don't get a special advanced screening of your speech?"
"No, it's a secret."
I bit my lip.Secrets.
Our waiter came over and Tyler ordered a cheese pizza for us. When he left, Tyler was staring at me again.
"Melissa's super excited about the Sigma Pi formal," I said as casually as I could muster. "It sounds like a lot of fun."
"Oh, did Josh ask her?"
"Yes." I waited a minute. I thought he might ask me, but he stayed silent.
"You look different," he finally said.
"How so?"Sad maybe? Upset? Emotionally drained?
"Tan," Tyler said and smiled. "What, did you go to the beach or something?"
I burst out crying. I wasn't sure if it was the reminder of my date with Professor Hunter, being rejected by Tyler, or just being with someone I felt so comfortable with. But I sat there crying in the middle of the restaurant.
"Penny?"
