Entangled: Sequel to Awakened Read Free

loosening his tie, Xavier scanned the room taking note of his students. His hands fisted on his slim hips.
    “I bet he has a nice tight set of buns.”
    “Aline!” Callie exclaimed. It wasn’t like her innocent friend to make comments like that.
    Shit, I said that out loud. “Ssshh.” Aline licked her lips as she studied Mr. Xavier Pierce from her position of vantage. She pictured the muscles that were being confined under protest by his crisp, white shirt. Being around gyms all her life had given her a good eye for a man’s body regardless of whether they were covered or not. She let out a loud sigh.
    “Am I boring you, miss?” Xavier’s eyes locked on hers. A smirk curled his lips.
    Aline wanted to sink through the floor as all eyes turned to her.
    “Aline,” she answered his question. “Aline Bennett-Miller, Sir,” she whispered.
    “Sorry?” he asked.
    Aline repeated her name in a slightly louder voice. She thought of herself as a confident woman but she hated being singled out, having attention drawn to her.
    “Well, Miss Miller, it seems you are very quietly spoken unless you barrel into someone because you aren’t watching where you are going. If I recall correctly, your voice was rather loud then.”
    “Aline?” Callie whispered.
    “Later.” Aline felt her face heat with embarrassment as her classmates eyed her curiously.
    “Nothing to say, Miss Miller.”
    Aline wanted to slap the smug look from his face. “It’s Bennett-Miller,” she snapped.
    “It’s obvious with your quiet voice that you need to be at the front of the room. I’m sure you’ll have questions and you won’t be heard if you continue to sit up there. I pride myself on having excellent hearing but even I have my limits. Please make your way down and repeat what you said.”
    Aline was mortified with the unwanted attention but she gathered her books and stomped to the steps.
    She glanced back at Callie who had a confused expression on her face. This glance caused her to miss the first step and she felt herself falling.
    She screamed as she tripped. Books flew from her hands and she heard the loud crack in her leg before she landed flat on her face. “Fuck, fuck, fuck,” she cried.
    If her leg hadn’t been so twisted and painful, she would have picked herself up and fled from the room. Then, she would have finished her degree elsewhere. Somewhere far away from Mr. Xavier Pierce. The pain when she attempted to move caused her to grab at her leg and burst into tears.
    Xavier’s heart rose into his throat as he watched Aline falling. He moved with lightning speed but wasn’t fast enough to prevent her accident.
    He dropped to his knees beside the sobbing girl but didn’t dare move her. Her classmates gathered around but Xavier urged them to stay back.
    “Move back, give her space, please.”
    Callie rushed to her side and gathered her hand. “Aline, are you okay?”
    Xavier raised his eyebrows. He wasn’t used to being disobeyed.
    “We’re best friends,” Callie explained.
    Xavier nodded and allowed her to stay comforting Aline. “Miss Miller, where are you hurt?” he asked.
    Aline turned her tear soaked face toward him. “My leg and its BENNETT-MILLER!” she shouted.
    “Xavier,” Callie pointed to Aline’s right leg and he noted the strange angle at which it lay.
    “Do you have a phone?” he asked Callie.
    She nodded.
    “Call an ambulance.”
    “I don’t need a damn ambulance. Give me a minute and I’ll be fine,” Aline insisted.
    “Sweetheart, with your leg at that angle, it is definitely broken. You need to go to hospital,” Xavier insisted. “Don’t move or you will cause more damage.”
    “It hurts being like this,” she sobbed. She was half on one step and half on another with her curvy little ass stuck up in the air.
    “I know but we can’t let you move.”
    “The ambulance is on its way. Do you want me to call your dad or daddy?” Callie asked as she reclaimed her friends’