Alex left the classroom after finishing the math exam early. He rolled his wide shoulders and stretched his tall body under the resplendent midday sun.
The light flooded the campus quad, making every detail sharp and vivid. During the test, Janeth kept giving him seductive smiles and watched only him. Her long, lustful glances and subtle leans over desks made his skin prickle with a palpable hot tension.
So he left quickly before the bell rang. He left Alice behind, still writing her last answers with calm, steady focus, her pen moving quietly across the paper.
He walked to a quiet bench nearby. He put a coin in the vending machine. The machine hummed and dropped a hot canned coffee. He cracked it open with a sharp hiss. Steam rose in thin white curls. He sat down on the warm wooden bench and drank slowly. The bitter, hot taste spread through his chest and throat as he relaxed. Liza's voice came into his mind, calm and pleased.
