hurt.
“Why would I do that?” Amy asked.
“Come on, Aimes, when are you going to thaw a bit and stop being such an ice queen?”
Amy wanted to explain that she’d only become an ice queen when John had started paying prostitutes to pleasure him when he was away with work. Money had turned him from a kind man to a cruel one, making him believe that he owned anyone and anything, including Amy.
It infuriated her that even after all this time he had the audacity to follow her around, refusing to let her go, unable to accept that she was no longer his.
“I was thinking we could go grab a coffee together?” John suggested casually, though Amy figured he’d been planning that suggestion all morning.
“Like I said, I’m busy, I have a job.”
“Can’t you spare five minutes?”
“No.”
“Fine,” John was about to leave when he turned back to her.
“What was that you said about a tour? Who are you giving a tour to?”
“What?” Amy asked, distracted by her work. “Oh, um, just a student.” She lied not because Josh mattered to her, but because it would matter to John who could be unbelievably jealous, ever the hypocrite. He even had a new girlfriend now, or so Amy had heard.
“Okay,” John thrust his hands into his pockets and gazed around the room absently as Josh had done just a few hours before.
“Isn’t there a movie being filmed here or something?” he asked a little too directly.
“Yes, there is.”
“With that guy in it all the women are hot for, what’s his name?”
“Josh Roberts,” Amy answered without looking up.
“So you like him?” John challenged.
“No, I know his name. Are we done here? I’ve got loads to do.”
“Have you met him?” John continued his line of questioning.
“Actually I have. And believe it or not he’s as arrogant and annoying an ass as you are!” Amy replied angrily, pointing towards the classroom door.
“Jonathan, goodbye, I am a very busy and important person so stop disturbing me!”
Raising his hands in mock defeat, John left, but he couldn’t help but be troubled by Amy’s reaction to Josh Roberts. He told himself it was nothing, but decided to pop by her classroom later that day just to be sure. After all, if they were going to get back together, and they would once Amy came to her senses, he couldn’t have her getting involved with anyone else in the interim as that would ruin everything.
Amy was his, she had just forgotten that.
Chapter 3
“So, you ready to give me that tour?”
Amy looked up and sighed angrily only to see that this time it actually was Josh at the door, leaning casually against the frame and smiling at her.
Suddenly the fatigue she felt from a day of teaching faded away and she felt light inside, as though her whole body consisted of nothing more than air.
“I’m very busy,” Amy declared, tapping the pile of papers before her as she said so.
“Too busy to take me on my promised tour?” Josh teased the words out as she spoke, playing with her, constantly smiling.
“Are you always such a flirt?” Amy asked directly.
“What, me, no!” Josh laughed and made a shocked face.
“I’ll take you on your tour now-”
“Great!” Josh interrupted but Amy wasn’t finished.
“Only if you stop flirting as it makes me cringe.”
“Ouch!”
“Just be yourself,” Amy said, trying to make her request sound a little kinder.
“Myself?” Josh raised his eyebrows in surprise. “That’s a tall order. I’m an actor. I’ve been paid to be anything other than myself for the past ten years!”
“Well just consider this yet another role, only this time, I want you to be Josh Roberts. The Josh Roberts before he found the fame and fortune.”
“I can do that,” Josh nodded and smiled. “I mean, he’s still in there somewhere.”
“Just
“Why would I do that?” Amy asked.
“Come on, Aimes, when are you going to thaw a bit and stop being such an ice queen?”
Amy wanted to explain that she’d only become an ice queen when John had started paying prostitutes to pleasure him when he was away with work. Money had turned him from a kind man to a cruel one, making him believe that he owned anyone and anything, including Amy.
It infuriated her that even after all this time he had the audacity to follow her around, refusing to let her go, unable to accept that she was no longer his.
“I was thinking we could go grab a coffee together?” John suggested casually, though Amy figured he’d been planning that suggestion all morning.
“Like I said, I’m busy, I have a job.”
“Can’t you spare five minutes?”
“No.”
“Fine,” John was about to leave when he turned back to her.
“What was that you said about a tour? Who are you giving a tour to?”
“What?” Amy asked, distracted by her work. “Oh, um, just a student.” She lied not because Josh mattered to her, but because it would matter to John who could be unbelievably jealous, ever the hypocrite. He even had a new girlfriend now, or so Amy had heard.
“Okay,” John thrust his hands into his pockets and gazed around the room absently as Josh had done just a few hours before.
“Isn’t there a movie being filmed here or something?” he asked a little too directly.
“Yes, there is.”
“With that guy in it all the women are hot for, what’s his name?”
“Josh Roberts,” Amy answered without looking up.
“So you like him?” John challenged.
“No, I know his name. Are we done here? I’ve got loads to do.”
“Have you met him?” John continued his line of questioning.
“Actually I have. And believe it or not he’s as arrogant and annoying an ass as you are!” Amy replied angrily, pointing towards the classroom door.
“Jonathan, goodbye, I am a very busy and important person so stop disturbing me!”
Raising his hands in mock defeat, John left, but he couldn’t help but be troubled by Amy’s reaction to Josh Roberts. He told himself it was nothing, but decided to pop by her classroom later that day just to be sure. After all, if they were going to get back together, and they would once Amy came to her senses, he couldn’t have her getting involved with anyone else in the interim as that would ruin everything.
Amy was his, she had just forgotten that.
Chapter 3
“So, you ready to give me that tour?”
Amy looked up and sighed angrily only to see that this time it actually was Josh at the door, leaning casually against the frame and smiling at her.
Suddenly the fatigue she felt from a day of teaching faded away and she felt light inside, as though her whole body consisted of nothing more than air.
“I’m very busy,” Amy declared, tapping the pile of papers before her as she said so.
“Too busy to take me on my promised tour?” Josh teased the words out as she spoke, playing with her, constantly smiling.
“Are you always such a flirt?” Amy asked directly.
“What, me, no!” Josh laughed and made a shocked face.
“I’ll take you on your tour now-”
“Great!” Josh interrupted but Amy wasn’t finished.
“Only if you stop flirting as it makes me cringe.”
“Ouch!”
“Just be yourself,” Amy said, trying to make her request sound a little kinder.
“Myself?” Josh raised his eyebrows in surprise. “That’s a tall order. I’m an actor. I’ve been paid to be anything other than myself for the past ten years!”
“Well just consider this yet another role, only this time, I want you to be Josh Roberts. The Josh Roberts before he found the fame and fortune.”
“I can do that,” Josh nodded and smiled. “I mean, he’s still in there somewhere.”
“Just
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