Stolen Moments With My Forbidden Love

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froze for a moment, caught by her intense green gaze, but I forced myself to pull it to

" I said as I wrote on the b

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ard the blonde girl two rows

hair before returning to my desk. I had expected that kind of question

ered. "But I am far too o

ed in my chest, but it was better this way. She was only seventeen, and now that I was her teacher, there was no way I could allow even the s

lassroom. The blonde girl next to her never took her eyes off me, and I gave her a warning look, which kept me from seeing what

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as for me to see him standing at the front of this classroom, dressed in clothes that did not truly represent him, even if I had to admit they suited him incredibly well. Bu

eady knew the answer. I knew he had a girlfriend. A beautiful blonde with voluptuous curves that looked nothing like me or any of the girls in this room. Yet t

f his voice. I needed to focus on anything that would not make my chest tighten, because even

nd. That was when I understood that I was going to suffer through a living hell this year. He knew and had seen my body in the worst condition po

ood to leave through the back of the room. I did not need to make eye contact. I simply had to treat him like any ot

behind me, but I ignored her and l

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see him again, even if he was our teacher, but as usual, she disappointed me. I quickly stuffed

!" he calle

rised that he already

wered as I walked

I noticed she had some gaps in mathematics in previous years, and

a bit disappointed that the

s last year. It would have given me the chance to enjoy a personal meeting with him t

orld she had created for herself lately. I was slowly starting to worry about her condition. Still, I

rived. "Mr. Walsh would like to see you du

d her arms tighter beneath he

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a reason to talk to her about the discomfort she must have felt having me as her teacher. But after looking over her academic records, I noticed she excelled

on that night. I knew very well it must have been unbearable for her since then, and seeing me now, every day, s

y what I had expected, but I refused to let it end like that. They ha

found Ayden setting up equ

ello to friends?!" I cal

ed around,

her, but I never thought it would be yo

'd be surprised

he outfit," he adde

's the first da

n five minutes?" I asked, running a hand through my hair. "Could you se

o attend the class at the moment," he inform

the classroom. When the bell rang to mark the end of recess, I said goodbye to Ay

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ered in this high school or what? A quick look at Marina told me she was completely charmed; she was prac

He asked as h

urely he did not know who I

o discuss math support with you, and since you di

now who I was and what had happened to me if he was as

I had just taken it out, and stood u

I was not the only one, and he should have understood that if I ha

leaning at the window, watching me with a teasing smile. That was when I realized I had no choice but to go to his classroom, even if

e, leaning against the wall beside the math classroom door w

my head. He was my math teacher now, and more than that, he was the man who had found me on the worst d

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I could not blame her. More than being her new teacher, I was the man who had discover

g anything and leaned against my desk whil

u can come closer," I told her

tood why. I did not push her. I ran a hand through my hair

us on your studies above all," I said firmly but calmly. "I'm h

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ying to do. I could not understand why he did not see that I wanted to stay in my corner, follow the classes, and av

ad been the one who saved my life twice in the same night. If he had not been there, I would not b

im moving until his polished shoes appeared in my field o

s he gently placed his fingers on my hood and lowered it. I clenched my

g attention to the lesson?" he continued, stepping back by a meter. I kept my head low

, I won't insist," he said in a sof

Since that night, my entire life had turned into a survival stage, facing each minute and each breath with effort. Even the air I had been breathing since that day

fessed softly. I lifted my gaze to him, completely stunned by what he had just revealed.