Until Him (Inevitable, #1)

by Cora Rose

“Tell me what you’re struggling with, and we’ll go from there.” The cat moves over to where we’re sitting and splays across the floor in front of us, her yellow eyes slowly blinking at me. Asshole cat…acting all nonchalant about this whole situation. I wet my lips and then explain to Theo what I don’t understand, which is basically everything. I don’t even know if he can understand the shit flowing out of my mouth right now. I ramble on for a couple minutes and whatever I’m saying sounds like gibberish to even my own ears. I’m not sure I’m even speaking English. “So—” he stops me mid-sentence, “you need help with pretty much everything,” he mutters, running a hand through his hair. “I should have known. You better be really good with your mouth.” “I’ve never had any complaints,” I reply. “One girl even said, ‘Logan, your mouth was made in heaven.’” He looks mildly disgusted. “Oh Jesus, no more, please.” “Yeah, yeah,” I mutter. Theo takes a deep breath and then delves right in. He doesn’t even ask if I’m ready; he just starts talking and drawing on his board, and I’m left scrambling to write everything down. But once the initial panic wears off, what he’s saying starts to actually make sense. The concepts that seemed so foreign to me in class sound completely logical with how he explains them. No wonder he came so highly recommended. No wonder he’s booked out a year in advance. He’s fucking amazing. He also seems a hell of a lot more personable when he’s teaching about chem...