ALPHA ZANE

The moment those words landed again, something tightened in my chest. that word professor she likes throwing around was one of the things that pisses me off.

I had told myself it didn't matter, I had convinced myself that the title was just a technicality, a temporary arrangement that had nothing to do with what was actually happening between us. I had believed that, mostly.

But hearing her say it again now, with that finality sitting underneath it, was a different thing entirely.

She was still looking at her phone screen, not at me, fingers moving again.

"I can't bring myself to believe everything right now." The voice...