Page 57 of The Villain We Tempt

“Lochlan?”

I blink out of my daydream.

She frowns. “Could you specify how I could improve in class?”

A grin tugs at the corners of my mouth. “Let’s go with Professor Kildare.”

Her brows pinch. “You’re...not a professor, though.”

“Close enough.”

Her frown deepens. “That’snothow it works.”

Okay I was already a fan of “on her knees swallowing my cock” Galina. But Ireallylike “sassy take no shit and fuck you if you try it” Galina.

A lot.

Which is why I keep stoking the flames of that pissed-off look in her eye.

“Do you typically give Professor McGrath this much attitude?”

Her nose wrinkles. “I’m not giving you attitude, Lochlan, I just?—”

“Professor Kildare.”

“You’renota professor!”

I ignore her and dramatically shake my head, sighing heavily. “I wonder if your extra-curricular activities are pulling you away from your studies.”

She tenses and goes white for a second.

Andfuuuuck, do I savor it. It’s not that Ilikescaring her. But that little flicker of fear glinting in her eyes does turn me on.

“The partying the other night…?”

Relief visibly settles over her when I make it clear I’m not talking about herotherextra-curricular actives.

Aka, Velvet Villainess.

“Last I checked, Galina, you aren’t twenty-one.”

She glares at me. “It wasyourparty, ass.”

My cock twitches again.

Shit. How thefuckam I going to teach this goddamn class when all I want to do now is spend every minute of it antagonizing Galina so I can get another hit of that razor sass.

“And,” she continues, “you were readily supplying alcohol.”

“Yes, to those who are of legal age to drink?—”

“You were literally standing on a table yelling ‘everyone get fucking wasted’,” she says sharply.

Okay, yeah, I did do that.

I frown. “Well, I don’t know if you heard, but Kirill Tsarenko was flashing his dick around.”

She stares at me. “Yeah… But last I checked, Kirill isn’t my substitute Social Psychology of Deception professor, nor is he trying to start shit with me over alcohol consumption at a party thathethrew. Also: what does Kirill have to do withanything?”