Page 75 of Made to Be

CHAPTER 13:

Who doesn’t have a few office fantasies?

“UH, VICTOR? IS THAT you?” Charlie asked in mild confusion.

Cam stood there holding me over his shoulder, frozen like a statue. I was staring at Charlie’s upside-down bewildered face. And Cam’s hand was still squeezing my ass cheek.

Just... the whole ass cheek. In front of my boss.

I wasn’t embarrassed with our current – cough – position. But the same couldn’t be said for Cam. I could practically feel the heat radiating off his face in radioactive waves.

Plus, while Charlie was assistant to the dean and pretty much my boss, he was a genuinely nice guy. Not bigoted or likely to spout how “inappropriate” my current conduct on school grounds was.

I gave him a friendly smile and a cavalier wave, “Hi Charlie, what brings you to my domain?”

It was only then that Cam seemed to realize he had successfully brought us to my office, his eyeslanding on the plaque with my name on it directly to his left.

“I was, um, looking for you,” he replied slowly. “But it seems you are otherwise... preoccupied?”

I did feel mildly inconvenienced at me and Cam’s giddy, playful moment being interrupted, but I was in too good of a mood to let it get to me.

Cam was still holding me over his shoulder, so I patted his muscled back for him to set me down. He squatted and gently lowered me to my feet but kept his hands on my hips as he stood, steadying me, before dropping them to his sides. Chivalrous as always.

I turned toward Charlie. “I could spare a few minutes. I was just about to give Cam a tour of my office and the arcane lab.

Charlie’s brown eyes widened, gaze darting to Cam.

“Cam?” he asked. “As intheCam?”

Cam gave me a questioning look that screamedhow does this stranger know me?

I chuckled, “I told him about you.”

“Yes yes, you did. Wow, you’re tall,” Charlie commented, his neck craning back to meet Cam’s gaze as he shook his hand. “Said you met at Victor’s sister’s funeral. Again, I’m so sorry for your loss.”

His sincerity nearly made me cringe with guilt at having lied to him. Twice.

“Oh, yeah. Thanks.” I cleared my throat. “So, you were looking for me?”

“Yes!” He perked up again. “A gentleman was looking for you. But I’d thought you already left for break.”

“A student?” I asked.

“Not one that I recognized, but possibly someone interested in the arcane department,” he told me as he scratched his bearded chin. “And who better to ask than you, eh?”

“Did you get his name?”

Charlie shook his head. “No, he left before I could ask. But I told him you’d be gone for some music festival and to come back once the semester picked back up again.”

I gave him a tight-lipped smile, feeling somewhat uneasy. Although, I couldn’t say why.

“Well, my message has been delivered.” He waved and turned to leave the way he had come. “Have a lovely holiday you two. It was lovely meeting you Cam, see you next time!”

After Charlie disappeared down the hall, silence descended upon us.

Suddenly, a voice hissed in a rough, scratchy voice, “What’s the password?”

Cam and I both jumped, even though I knew the source of the question.