“ can you do me a favor and just shut up for two seconds ?” she snaps , side eyeing him . she couldn’t believe the odds that he was the partner she was trapped with for this stupid project . she’d already r e g r e t t e d signing up for it as one of her gen eds , but now she wondered if it would be worth it to just drop it even if it gave her in incomplete grade .
Stunned, Blaine turned his attention from his notebook to her. He kept his mouth shut for a beat or two as hazel eyes underneath a set of arched brows read back and forth across hers. “Yeah. Sure. No problem.” Plucking up his cellphone, he checked the time and sat back. He could do both of them one better. Offer to do the work himself if it was too much for her to handle. Or pick things up tomorrow so he could leave and make an early train home. Giving her a few minutes before he put those options on the table out of the simple fact he’d rather get this project done. Then focus on several others he had stacked on top of this one. All while trying to help Rachel get settled in her new place, spend time with his husband and do that thing called sleep
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