“I’ll have a coffee.”
“Ooh, me too.”
“Okay. I’ll be right back.” She pats the back of the seat behind me and leaves.
“How are you doing, baby?”
“Great. All things considered. In fact, probably better than before.”
“So how long have they been trying to pawn you off on him.”
“This past year. They promised me that I’d have the time I needed to see if life in Chicago would work for me, but…” She’s distracted by her own thoughts.
“Kate,” I call her out of them. “But what?”
“But, I have the terrible feeling that as crazy as it sounds they had something to do with the whole eviction and the theft.”
“It’s not that crazy. After hearing him speak…” Karen returns with a pot of coffee and fills the cups on the table for us.
“Sorry for interrupting. The cream and sugar is over there,” she points to the bowl on the other end of the table.
“Do you need time to decide what you’d like?” Her voice is as sweet as pie and welcoming.
“Actually, we’d love your corned beef dinner,” Kate answers.
“Wonderful. Rye bread?”
“Please.” I love Rye bread with my corned beef.
“None for me.” Kate waves the idea off with a disgusted look.
“Okay. That’ll be coming up.” She leaves us alone again.
“Not a fan?”
“No. I’m a very basic roll or white bread kind of girl.”
“That’s fair.” I don’t want to bring up our old conversation. Instead, I jump to school for her. “So this is your first year in college?”
“No. I went to a junior college for two years in my hometown, but I wanted more and not to be under my parents’ thumb or Thomas’s.”
“Yeah, let’s not talk about him. The bastard makes me want to commit murder.” I had to control the insane need to go there and choke him. If he even calls her, I might end him, starting with his financials.
Chapter 12
Kate
Today is the first time we’re apart, and it aches more than I expected, but I’m not alone in that. Aiden has sent me like ten messages since this morning.
My day of classes is almost over, but Aiden’s still at work. The teaching aide is getting on my nerves. He’s been staring at me throughout the entire class. He’s new and obviously doesn’t care about the student teacher rules.
As soon as class is over, I rush to get away. I’m going to have to take a bus to Aiden’s condo. Stepping out on the sidewalk, I’m caught by surprise when I see Aiden step out of the Lincoln. I’m about to head toward him when the TA grabs my arm. “Hello, Katherine. I hoped to catch you before you left. Have dinner with me.”
“Sorry, I have a boyfriend,” I tell him, trying to move a few steps toward Aiden, but he hasn’t let my arm go.
“So, you’re not married,” he adds like a smug prick.
“And I’m not interested in you,” I inform him.
“Don’t be so bitchy.” I wrench my arm from him and about to smack him when Aiden appears.
“If you don’t get the fuck away from her, I will bust your head in,” Aiden snarls, getting in his face. The TA backs off and leaves without another word.
“Who the fuck is that dick?” Aiden asks, looking toward the jerk.
“The TA for the class.”
“Not for long,” he grumbles.
“Don’t bother with it. I only have two months of classes.”
“That’s eight times to see him. Not happening.”
“Fine, I just don’t want to deal with the tension in class.”
“Don’t worry, Ms. Sloan,” my professor says behind me. We turn around, and he continues, “I witnessed the entire exchange. I put him there because there were rumors of his behavior and I hoped to catch him in action. Sorry for the discomfort, but you won’t have to worry about him anymore.”
“Thank you,” I say.
“Kate, let’s get out of here. I have to go back to the office.”
He opens the passenger door for me and closes it once I’m seated. Damn, I love his chivalry.
“Why did you come for me?”
“Because I worry about you, and I don’t want you taking public transportation,” he remarks, pulling out of the parking spot.
“I’m sorry I interrupted your workday.”
“Please. I needed an excuse to see you,” he adds, taking my hand and bringing it to his lips. My pussy throb from the simple gesture.
“I missed you, too.”
“I’ll drop you off and then I’ll be home by six.”
“I’ll be waiting, my love,” I sigh.
A groan escapes his lips. “Damn this is going to be a long day.”
***
At six, I’m sitting on the edge of the sofa, and like clockwork, Aiden comes through the door. “Holy fuck,” he growls, dropping his briefcase and coat on the floor as he sees me in nothing but a pair of panties and a matching bra.
“I’ve missed you, Mr. McAvoy. I want your big cock and fabulous mouth all over and in me,” I confess with the wanton, lustful tone I feel washing through me.