The shadows within us

Trying to seduce my professor

Crystal

Next morning I wake up with not only determination but hope . Hope of finding my sister, believing this day will work in my favour and I will finally get what I want not just for me but for Evelyn too.

I'm dressed in the shortest skirt I own with a tight cropped cardigan and heel boots. If I stand any chance at seducing my professor, I should at least look hot and sexy for his liking. I just hope my efforts will not be useless.

I walked to his criminology class, my hand tightening around my side bag and the other fixing my blond hair. Without knocking I walk inside and lock once I'm inside, he notices my presence the moment I'm in the classroom. He's dressed in a grey suit with a white shirt that looks to be a bit tight. Everything is straightened with none missing even his cufflinks are in place. I take slow and deliberate steps towards him.

“It's a new day professor, let's get to work shall we.”

My small voice echoes in the room, his cold grey eyes not leaving mine. He doesn't even drop his gaze onto my outfit or thighs, he just looks at me closely like he's studying me.

“Good morning Miss Hart. You may take a seat.”

He points at the stool that's across his but instead of doing as he says, I sit on his desk one leg crossed over the other. I open my bag and take out my laptop with my heavy breathing. I can't be scared right now, he will see my fear from afar, I need to play this perfectly.

“One would think you are attempting to get under my skin, Hart judging by the slutty outfit you have on. . It's not working so I suggest you get off my desk and sit on the chair I pointed for you before I get annoyed by your presence which of course is beginning to annoy me.”

His deep voice fills the whole podium making me flinch a little. Did this man just call me a slut? Anger boils in me but I hold it within, if he thinks I will listen to him. He must surely be stupid.

“I'm not attempting to seduce you sir, the chair you pointed is very far away from you. We will not be able to go through my sister's disappearance with me far from you. And if you find my outfit disturbing I can strip it off.”

I begin unbuttoning my cardigan, he moves uncomfortably in his seat but not telling me to stop. He's challenging me, he wants to see if I will do as I say I will . I'm on the third button when his voice comes through again.

“Stop Crystal whatever you are doing is inappropriate so just stop it. Let's look into what I found about your sister just so you can leave my desk and me.”

His gaze drops to my chest. That's when I notice my cream white bra is peeking through the cardigan. I smile and button up, this will be a fun game for me to play.

He lights up his laptop, his focus plastered on it as he moves from document to document until he stops at one. I lean closer to his expensive cologne smelling so masculine and neat. He looks at me, his cold grey eyes looking so lifeless and almost dead, I focus back on the laptop and document he has opened.

“I went through the school reports. Apparently your sister disappeared at a frat party at one of these dorm rooms but these rooms are far from campus like 45 minutes away from campus. She left the party alone and wandered in the forest only to never be found again.”

He clicks on numerous pictures of Evelyn leaving the party with smeared make up but one thing catches my attention: the fear in her eyes. Evelyn was scared in these pictures. I just don't know why.

“Can you see the fear in her eyes Damian?”

I ask pointing at the pictures. He looks at me bewildered but it drops back to the laptop as he looks at it closely, even zooming it in to see more.

“Yeah. I can see that maybe someone was following her or something happened at the party before her disappearance.”

I knew there was someone behind Evelyn's disappearance, she never turns off her phone or doesn't answer any of my calls. She always did that until someone took her away. They took her from me for close to a year now. A year drops out of my eyes but I quickly wipe it away before he sees it.

“Do you think she's dead professor?”

“I'm not good at predicting Hart but there is a fifty percent chance she is alive while there is a possible chance she is no more.”

My hands shake at his statement, he's true but I choose to not believe it. I'd rather believe my delusional thoughts that remind me that Evelyn is alive. I place my laptop back into my bag and stand to move to the seat in the front row before class begins but he stops me, his rough hands filling my little one.

“Don't cry. Hart. She is okay wherever she is. Let's have a positive mindset about it instead of a negative one, okay?”

His voice is soft but rough around the edges. My plan didn't go as I hoped for it to but now I know as much as the unknown message told me to dig into him. He couldn't do something like that . Like kidnapping someone's sister and offering emotional support to the other.

He pulls me into his warm embrace, his strong body trying to soothe me and I hate that It is working. Another tear rolls out. By the time I pull from his embrace he wipes away my tears with his thumb.

I move to my seat pulling out my phone and trying to focus on it but I cannot. He unlocks the door and walks out leaving me alone in the big podium. A feeling of uncertainty covers me, Mr Voss is hot, cold, scary, with rough hands but I think his roughness will pull me into his clutches and I don't want that. I should change this seduction plan and look for a new one before I get trapped within my professor's shadows with no room to escape or breathe .