THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US

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Dahlia’s phone buzzed to life at 7:30 AM, its screen flickering like a faltering heartbeat. Her body still thrummed with the unspent ache from last night’s torment—his gravelly voice commanding her to touch herself, guiding her slick fingers deep into her dripping p***y as she moaned his name, teetering on the edge of a shattering orgasm. She’d been so close, thighs trembling, c**t throbbing under her thumb, her breathy cries filling the phone as he growled filthy promises about f*****g her senseless, filling her with his c*m. Her silk sheets had been soaked with her arousal, her body screaming for release when the app crashed, severing their connection, leaving her panting, unsatisfied, and cursing the silence.

She refreshed the dating app frantically, ignoring the glitchy error pop-ups that flashed like cruel taunts. His username, Mystery Man, wasn’t online, but the distance tracker spun wildly: 847 miles. 23 miles. 156 miles, 100 miles. Her stomach twisted, a mix of lingering desire and unease coiling tight. She refreshed again, her heart lurching as the numbers stabilized in a way that made her skin prickle.

23 meters.

“No f*****g way,” she whispered, her core pulsing with the vivid memory of last night—spreading her legs wide on her bed, black silk pajamas shoved aside, fingers circling her swollen c**t before plunging deep, the wet squelching sounds echoing as he listened, groaning, urging her to f**k herself harder. “Come for me, Angel,” he’d rasped, voice thick with lust, his own strokes audible, slick and fast. “Imagine my c**k slamming into you, stretching that tight pussy.” She’d been right there, body arching, moans turning to desperate cries, her p***y clenching around three fingers as she chased the release he’d promised—until the screen went black, stealing her climax, leaving her body throbbing with unfulfilled need.

She threw on jeans and a fitted sweater, her skin still flushed, n*****s hypersensitive against the soft fabric, her p***y aching with every step. She headed to the graduate library for coffee and a desperate attempt at focus before Professor Caspian Lennox’s seminar, the man who’d eviscerated her thesis yesterday, his cold gray eyes pinning her as he’d dismantled her work on forbidden love in Victorian literature. “Your analysis lacks depth,” he’d said, voice smooth and cutting, “romanticizing destruction rather than dissecting its psychological complexity.” The humiliation had burned, her cheeks flaming under his gaze, and she’d vented about “Professor Ice” to her mystery lover, railing against his “cruel” precision, his intimidating presence. A sickening thought flickered—could it be?But she shoved it aside. Impossible.

The library was hushed at 8 AM, sunlight streaming through tall windows onto empty tables. She claimed a corner spot, spreading out notes on Romantic poetry’s forbidden desires, the irony biting deep. Her mind kept drifting to last night, how she’d obeyed his every command, her fingers slick with her own arousal, sliding in and out, her moans loud and unashamed as he’d growled, “Add another finger, baby. Stretch that p***y for me.” Her body had responded instantly, her c**t pulsing under her thumb, her n*****s hard as she’d pinched them, imagining his mouth sucking them raw. The memory made her squirm in her seat, her panties dampening anew.

Her phone buzzed. The app had stabilized, but the distance still read 3 meters.

Her coffee cup shook in her hand as she scanned the room. An elderly professor muttered over journals. Two undergrads giggled over shared earbuds. And there, by the reference stacks, typing furiously on his phone—Professor Caspian Lennox.

Her breath stopped. The world narrowed to a pinprick as fragments clicked into place. Those steel-gray eyes she’d described to her “Mystery Man” as cataloging her mistakes—they were his. The “cruel” professor she’d ranted about, who pushed her to excellence while she’d fantasized about rebellion, was the same man who’d listened to her moan, guiding her fingers into her dripping p***y as she begged for release. She’d m*********d for her professor, bared her soul and body, describing how she’d spread her legs, how her fingers had f****d her soaking cunt while he stroked himself, his voice rough with need, promising to pin her down, spank her ass pink, and fill her with his c*m.

Her phone vibrated with a new message. She watched, frozen, as Lennox checked his own device, his composed facade cracking. His eyes widened, sweeping the library with dawning panic, a flush creeping up his neck. Their gazes locked across the room. His face paled, shock and guilt warring with the raw hunger she’d heard in his voice last night—when she’d whimpered his name, her fingers buried deep, her p***y clenching as she imagined his c**k pounding into her, his hands gripping her hips.

The air between them crackled, charged with the memory of her breathy moans, the wet sounds of her arousal, his groans as he’d stroked himself to her desperation. Months of digital intimacy slammed into reality: every secret she’d spilled, every rant about his “cold” teaching, every time he’d advised her on handling “Professor Ice” while secretly urging her to twist her n*****s, to taste her own slickness. She’d been so vulnerable, confessing her frustrations, her desires, while he’d played both roles—tormentor in the classroom, lover in the dark.

More students drifted in, their chatter a distant hum, but the space between Dahlia and Lennox felt alive, electric. He stood abruptly, pocketing his phone with unsteady hands, his long strides aiming for the exit. Her legs moved before she could think, intercepting him by the periodicals, her voice a low, accusing hiss trembling with lingering desire.

“Professor.”

“Miss Merrick.” His tone was sharp, but his eyes betrayed him, flicking to her lips, her curves, as if picturing her sprawled on her bed, fingers deep inside herself, moaning for him. The memory of her own voice, gasping, begging, sent a fresh wave of heat to her core.

“The app crashed last night,” she whispered, stepping closer, her voice thick with accusation and heat. “Right when I was fingering my p***y for you, professor. I was so close, moaning your name, my c**t throbbing, my fingers stretching me wide, imagining your c**k f*****g me deep, filling me with your c*m. You heard every wet sound, every whimper.”

“Stop,” he hissed, glancing at nearby students, but his pupils dilated, a flush spreading across his sharp cheekbones. “This can’t be real. Not here.”

“You listened,” she pressed, her body responding despite the horror, her p***y clenching at the memory of his voice. “You heard me f**k myself, begging you to let me come. You were stroking your c**k, weren’t you? Telling me you’d pin me down, spank me, f**k me rough.”

His jaw clenched, his breathing shallow, a bead of sweat at his temple. “I didn’t know it was you. The anonymity—Christ, Dahlia, you’re my student.”

“And you’re the man who made me soak my sheets,” she shot back, her voice low and fierce, her core throbbing anew. She’d vented about his “cruel” critiques, his cold demeanor, while he’d secretly burned for her, guiding her to the edge of ecstasy. “I complained about my asshole professor—you. You advised me on handling you, all while daring me to slide my fingers deeper, to taste myself.”

Panic flashed in his gray eyes, but something darker flickered—raw, unfiltered desire. “We delete everything,” he said, voice tight. “Pretend it never happened.”

“Pretend I didn’t spread my legs for you?” she murmured, stepping so close she caught his cologne, the same scent that must’ve surrounded him as he growled filthy commands. “Pretend I didn’t moan like a w***e, licking my own c*m off my fingers because you told me to?”

He flinched, his control fraying. “My career, your education, this could ruin us both.”

“But you want me,” she said, voice sultry, her body aching with the truth. “I heard it in your groans, how desperate you were to f**k me, to make me scream.”

His walls crumbled for a split second, his gaze raked her body, hungry, remembering her breathy cries, the way she’d described her p***y spasming around her fingers. Then he snapped back. “It ends now.”

Students milled nearby, casting curious glances. Dahlia held his stare, defiant, her core pulsing with forbidden thrill. “We’ll see.”

She strode to the seminar room, her body alive with shock and desire, her panties damp from the memory of his voice. In class, Lennox lectured on passion’s destructive power, his voice steady but his hands gripping the podium too tightly, his eyes avoiding hers. She knew the truth: beneath that icy exterior was the man who’d commanded her pleasure, his voice thick with lust as she’d cried out, her fingers slick with her own arousal, her body begging for the release he’d denied.

When he called on her, she quoted a line from their call two weeks ago something he’d whispered about desire consuming reason, “a forbidden ache that demands release.” His coffee mug shattered on the floor, shards scattering like his composure. The class gasped; Professor Lennox never faltered.

“Apologies,” he muttered, voice hoarse, but his eyes locked on hers, burning with warning, want, and the shared secret of her denied climax. Students whispered, but she saw only him, the man who’d listened to her f**k herself, who’d groaned as she’d begged for release.

Class ended early, his hands unsteady as he packed his notes. Dahlia lingered, the last to remain, her heart pounding with anticipation and dread, her body still craving the orgasm he’d promised.

“My office,” he barked, not meeting her gaze. “Now.”

She followed, pulse thundering, her body alive with the horror of his identity and the electric pull of their shared secret. The man who’d heard her most intimate moans was leading her to privacy, where the line between professor and lover could ignite, or explode.