“Sorry,” he said, voice drier than he intended. “Distracted.”
He exhaled. The marker dropped. And for one endless second, the tempted tutor didn’t move at all—caught between everything he should do and everything he suddenly wanted.
The Tempted Tutor Freeze
Freeze frame: Tutor. Temptation. The space between right and ruin.
The chalk stops mid-slope. Equation unfinished. She tilts her head— innocent, or not.
“Sorry,” he said, voice drier than he intended. “Distracted.”
He exhaled. The marker dropped. And for one endless second, the tempted tutor didn’t move at all—caught between everything he should do and everything he suddenly wanted.
The Tempted Tutor Freeze
Freeze frame: Tutor. Temptation. The space between right and ruin.
The chalk stops mid-slope. Equation unfinished. She tilts her head— innocent, or not.
