60. Chivalry

Alina's Pov

“No. I never treat anyone like this. As a matter of fact, only very important people in my life get this special treatment from me. And I don't have many,” I scoffed, rolling my eyes. What was he playing at even? If he thought that those sweet words would make me think of him differently just so he could trap me in some other filthy trick of his, he had to know that he was highly mistaken.

Ignoring him, I proceeded to take my place on the desk as he watched my every step carefully. Placing my bag on the desk, I fished through it to take out my phone. But then, I felt his presence behind me. The heat from his body penetrated in the air, reaching me and making me alert all of a sudden. He then bent a little to reach a drawer beside my knee on the desk, purposely making his arm skim mine. I couldn't help but take a sharp inhale of air.

Everything he was doing recently was so out of his character. He was not the Theodore Maxwell I knew. And that was making me conflicted.

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