Sandwich forgotten, he stared at her in horror. “You sacrificed both your planning periods to teach my AP classes? Your only break all day was lunch?” “I won’t lie.” She took a big bite, chewed, and swallowed. “I’m a bit tired. But I can keep covering for you until you’re ready to come back.” Now that he’d recovered from the initial gut-punch of seeing Rose entirely unguarded—in both expression and garb—for the first time ever, he could spot the circles beneath those wide-set amber eyes, the lines of tension around her lush mouth. No teacher had ever covered for him like she had. In fact, he
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