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[i]I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds[/i][/center][hr]
There was a slight hesitation from Alexandros after Audrey’s words, and she could almost see the wheels in his brain working to make a decision. The brunette’s tentative smile wavered, and she secretly became worried. Had she been too straightforward? Was her invitation about to be declined? Had she placed herself in this uncomfortable and vulnerable position for nothing? Was she about to become Beverly Hills High’s fool by being humiliated in front of everyone? The unwelcome starts threatened to expose themselves in her expressionate face, so she quickly played it off by biting her lip. When he finally agreed, she couldn’t help but let her mouth break out into a wide smile.

The warning that he was not a gentle lover, his breath hot on her ear, was enough for goosebumps to run down her tanned skin. If there was something she had to admit, it was that Alexandros had a way of building sexual tension and anticipation with the smallest of actions. Audrey knew that had been his intention with the comment, and from the way her mind raced through all the possibilities of what their upcoming encounter could bring, he had succeeded.

[color=deeppink]“That sounds perfect. I like my loving to be a little rough, anyway.”[/color] Audrey sultrily replied back to him, biting her lower lip seductively and shooting him a flirty wink.

This seemed to seal the unspoken deal between them. The young couple laced their hands together and began to make their way to the parking lot when Alexandros turned back and suddenly stopped. Audrey copied him, and found that her girls had followed them. Wide-eyed, she exchanged silent glances with each of them before Alex made some snide remarks about not having enough space for both of them. This made the girls visibly upset, with little Lola nearly jumping him, but ultimately being held back by Kat and Phoebe. Audrey rolled her eyes at them to signal she disagreed with his comments, muttered a brief [color=deeppink][i]‘I’ll text you guys later’[/i][/color] before following Alexandros to the red Ferrari that would lead them to, as he called it, “Casa Mossos”.

As they drove off away from the school building, Audrey felt her phone vibrating inside the designer bag sitting on her lap. She quickly pulled it out to notice there were three new messages from Leslie. The silent sigh that came from Audrey while unlocking the device was one she couldn’t hold back. And, of course, the messages said just what the brunette thought they would:

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This made Audrey pause and think for a minute. Leslie had an excellent point, after all. Did she [i]really[/i] want to do this? Alexandros had played nothing but games since the moment they met: he’d admitted as much. Then there was the Bianca incident and the Florence incident, both of which were undoubtedly surpassed by his actions with that pedophile secretary Janice Nelson and the disgusting video that came from it. The bottom line was that Alexandros Mossos had caused her quite a fair share of headaches in this short period of time. Was it really a wise decision to willingly walk inside the wolf’s mouth after so blatantly swearing against it mere days before?

The minute she looked into the ocean blue eyes of the man behind the wheel beside her and felt his lips on hers on a brief kiss, she knew that she was dead sure she wanted to go through with it. She would just have to prove to Alex that she was better than all the others out there. Worst case scenario? They had a hell of a one-time thing and never spoke to each other again. Even that didn’t sound like a bad thing. She fulfilled her fantasy to be with him, he did the same with her, and they would both go their own merry ways. For Audrey, it was a win-win situation.

With that certainty, the young woman pressed the Power button on her phone, turned it off and threw it back into her bag. The rose gold iPhone would lie forgotten at the bottom of it until the next day.