Page 134 of Silk Sheets

The students were slowly filing in through the door, but the ones who were already here, heard what they had just said.

“I’ll sleep with your dad if you don’t shut up,” I shrugged and her eyes narrowed on me. She stepped forward, but Solace was quick to jump up from her seat.

“My dad would never have sex with a whore like—”

She was cut off by Celeste grabbing her ponytail and yanking her head back. “What was that?”

“Oh my God,” she groaned but Celeste tugged her even harder. “Let go!”

“Speak about Dakota again, and I’ll gladly shove my foot up your ass,” she forced through her teeth. “You want that?”

“Celeste, let go!” she irritably demanded and Celeste released her with a shove and she knocked into me.

I grabbed the sides of both her arms, holding her in place. “I bet yourdaddywould have so much fun with aslutlike me,” I whispered and she tugged herself away from me but my grip only tightened. “This isn’t high school. Cut the mean girl facade.”

She scoffed, prying herself from my arms and stepped back. “I’ll be sure to find you again when your guard dogs aren’t around,” she assured me, whipping around and coming face to face with Celeste.

“Woof,” Celeste grinned, before bumping shoulders with her and I watched her—and her little friend—scurry down and to their seats.

Solace chuckled at Celeste, who simply winked in response. “Oh, Daffodil,” Celeste cooed, approaching me with open arms. “Don’t listen to her,” she swung her arms around me, embracing me in a warm, comforting hug.

I felt Solace’s hand on my arm, and couldn’t help but smile.

When the news madeheadlineshere on campus, the first thing the girls said to me was that they knew it wasn’t true. I hated lying to them, but I didn’t have a choice.

And Celeste being… well Celeste, she made sure to stop by this class every time I was inside for moments like this. Iconstantly told her that it wasn’t necessary, but she refused to listen. I was still appreciative though. Toallof my girls.

* * *

I slammed my bedroom door shut at my moms apartment, tossed my bag on my desk chair and pulled out my cellphone.

Kaden texted that Logan would be busy for two hours, and then he was all mine.

An ache shot through my heart, and slowly, I lowered myself to my bed. I hadn’t seen Logan in almost a month. We couldn’t risk it. The only communication we had was through Kaden, since, well, Chase was also a professor and I couldn’t text or call him. So, we used Kaden’s cellphone.

I dragged my sorrowful thoughts with me to the bathroom and prepared myself a relaxing bath before getting out and slipping into one of Logan’s t-shirts that Kaden had dropped off the other day.

Thankfully, I still get to see Kaden everyday when he visited. Chase and Logan on the other hand… I could only see them through a screen. I hated it.

Something that kept rendering in the back of my mind was one night after I got out of the shower, he was on a phone call. The last words he said were “Just get it done,” and he ended the call. Later that night I saw that De Luca was the last person he called. It made me uneasy.

I was laying on my bed, staring at the ceiling when my laptop rang to my left. I nearly jumped up, looking down at the screen to see Kaden’s name pop up.

I scrambled to slip my robe on before laying back down. My heart hammered in anticipation but when Logan appeared, every aching feeling disappeared.

My smile widened. “Hi.”

“Someone looks happy to see me.”

He was seated in his office, behind his desk, wearing his usual white dress shirt, except the first two buttons were undone.He’s so handsome.

Catching up with him felt like a breath of fresh air, and by now, I was laying on my back with my laptop beside me.

I smiled—shyly—still staring at the ceiling. “I missed you.”

A grin stretched across his lips.“Yeah?”

I nodded, avoiding eye contact because even through the screen Logan Hale made butterflies flutter in my stomach.