Page 19 of Silk Sheets

I didn’tneedto gamble, but the thrill of playing… the intense high of winning… fuck, I’d never experienced a rush like it before.

“You already have seven cars,” Chase began, and I sighed, already recognizing that tone. “One for every day of the week, as you made us aware. So, why am I looking at a brand new Ford Mustang that I have never seen in our garage before?”

“I picked her up this morning. She’s gorgeous, no?”

“You were supposed to have a business meeting.”

“Yeah, but who leaves a car dealership without buying one of the cars,” I scoffed, opening my car door. He brushed off myaddiction—as he often puts it—and unlocked his car.

“You have a problem,” he murmured under his breath, and I chuckled, slipping into the driver’s side.Fuck, her black interior was beautiful.

The engine came to life with a satisfying roar and I inhaled in satisfaction. I cast Chase a glance to my right, noticing him already looking at me.

He revved his Aston Martin, so, naturally, I took that as a challenge.

As soon as we were off school property, Chase didn’t hesitate to put some miles between us. But, he didn’t get far.

* * *

“You’re making me waste my goddamn time on drunk college kids?” Chase rhetorically asked as we stepped into the club.

It was never about the students to begin with. But he didn’t need to know that.

After he and Kaden found Dakota and I in the classroom last week, I was forced to sit through a sternscolding, about how I’d been selfish, and that she was the worst possible choice all things considered.

He couldn’t be more wrong.

I understood that her being my student complicated things. But, I couldn’t resist her. I’d give up my goddamn career first before letting her slip through my fingers.

“You can go up and I’ll take a lap around,” I nodded to the VIP section that he was keen on going to.

I cast a wink in his direction and he mumbled some foul words under his breath before walking away.

The dance floor was flooded with sweaty, dancing bodies.Scream & Shoutby will.i.am blasted through the speakers and every single person on the floor jumped in the air, cheering inapproval. I needed to get out of the crowd before an ass that didn’t belong to Dakota was on me.

My eyes scanned the entire room, searching for one specific dancing body, hoping she was here.

I shouldn’t lay a hand on her. She was my student.

But, I couldn’t help my eyes trailing every curve of her body. Especially her round lips that seem to always form the smartest remarks. Or her caramel eyes that could bring any man to his knees with one simple glance.

Every time she veered close to me, I couldn’t stop the nervous thudding my heart was apparently capable of doing because of a woman. Dakota was dangerously beautiful, talented, and her ability to competently grasp foreign concepts only fueled my longing for her.

I was fully aware of her every move, her every word, her every reaction. This would go against everything. I knew my morals, ethics, and God knows what else was fucked. But, I didn’t care… because all I could see was her. Ever since Dakota slipped into my life, it had become tunnel vision from there.

I reached the back of the club, but my steps came to an immediate halt when I spotted her in the distance.

My heart raced, seeing her pressed up against the wall, her back arched. Her fingers were intertwined in his curly hair as he gripped the side of her thigh, lifting her leg.

She only wore a sexy, black corset with thigh high socks. Black wings were attached to her back with a black halo above her head.A dark angel.

His lips traveled from her mouth down to the side of her throat and I watched her heavy eyelids peel open.

Something malicious crawled up my spine at the sight of another man touching and kissing her. Unknowingly, my fingers curled into a fist at my side. Raging venom burned inside of me, flooding my veins but I kept my neutral expression in place.

Deep desire swirled behind her eyes when our gazes locked, and it was as though a fire had been reignited inside of me.

Purposely, she threw her head back, pressing her chest further and harder into his.Little shit.