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Chapter 5

Tessa felt sweat break out of her skin pores as she flipped through the pages of the book in search of a much harder question. A question from the same topic that would take time even for a genius like her to tackle.

"Bring it on, darling. This date is happening because I'm very sure I would be able to get all of them right," Tyler chuckled, flexing his tattooed muscles.

Tessa smirked immediately she found the question, this particular question was very hard and took her four days to get to the bottom of it. She had to read the same topic but different textbooks and even had to use the internet. Tessa parted her lips to ask when suddenly Tyler moved even closer to her and placed his index finger on her lips, shutting her before she could say a word.

"The question you want to ask me right now, I can tell that it would be quite a pain in the ass to answer and you haven't explained that one either," Tyler spoke with his index finger still pressed against her soft lips.

Tessa kept quiet because what Tyler said was right, maybe she had panicked so much to a point that she wanted to ask him a question she hasn't explained or said anything about yet. No matter how anyone looked at it, it was very unfair for Tyler. Tessa sighed and hit his finger off her lips so that she could speak, "You're right, and I'm so sorry for that; I'll change the..."

"Don't be so fast, baby girl. I never said that I couldn't answer the question," Tyler said, withdrawing his fingers before leaning on the couch and crossing his legs on top of the other.

"I don't understand," Tessa said, confused.

"I would answer the question you're about to ask even though you have not explained it on one condition," Tyler said with a sly grin on his god-like face.

Tessa gritted her teeth. She already knew the kind of person Tyler was, the condition he spoke of wouldn't be easy just like the one she was yet to fulfill. She had promised herself to bury whatever feeling she had for Tyler and focus more on herself and studies, but Tyler just keeps making it harder to do so.

"No, I'm accepting no more conditions from you!" Tessa spoke firmly.

"Oh? Really?" Tyler chuckled, then he stood up and began to walk towards the door. "Then I'll just tell the principal that you refused to be my tutor, and you know what that means, don't you?"

Tessa clenched her fists; she couldn't believe he was threatening her, that too with something like that. Tessa was born in a very poor family, her parents couldn't afford to pay for her tuition, and she had stayed at home till she was 16, taking care of her parents, working 6-7 part-time jobs to at least put food on their tables until she stumbled upon a printed paper with details that would give her opportunities she had never expected.

It was a scholarship exam that was taking place in the biggest and most expensive school in the country and was also ranked among the top 5 in the world. She couldn't let that opportunity slide, so she applied for it. The competition was in three days, and Tessa has never ever attended any school; they were so poor to a point she couldn't buy a textbook, so she knew nothing. She had to ask for advance payment from each of her part-time jobs, but it wasn't enough to buy at least 6 textbooks.

She could only buy 4. Tessa couldn't give up, so she read those 4 without complaint, and on the day of the competition, she was the 56th student with a high score, which was a little bit low for the school's standard. However, the principal was amazed by the way she answered each question. Yes, she seemed to not know some questions, but the ones she knew, she tackled it and penned down very amazing answers.

The principal quickly awarded her with a scholarship, and in the next few months, Tessa emerged as the best in the school with a high IQ and best student. She owed the principal a lot, too much.

"Okay, state your condition; I'll fulfill it," Tessa said softly.

"Now we are talking," Tyler said, walking back into the tiny room before plunging into the couch once again. He stared at her intently, watching as cold sweat breaks out of her forehead rolling down to her jaw. He knew he was making this innocent little girl scared of him, but everyone already knew he was never a kind man; in fact, he was a rough bastard who cared about no one else but himself.

He could do anything at all to get what he wants; he was never your ideal prince charming who would wait for a woman to completely trust him before he takes what he wants. He had tried talking, but she isn't falling for it, and he got to say, she was the first woman to ever make him push himself this far but now, he needed to drop talking. Since she never fell into the temptation of his advances, he would have to make her body succumb to him and his will, and he is very sure that she is gonna enjoy the ride so bad.

"Simple, you sit on my laps during our tutoring classes for seven consecutive days," Tyler said with a Badboy smirk on his face.

Tessa took a deep breathe, trying to calm herself. “Calm down, Tessa, It's one in a thousand chances that tyler would be able to answer this question perfectly ” Tessa thought inwardly to herself before bracing herself up to question him “what were the long term effects of the protestant and reformation on the development of Western civilization”

Tessa took a deep breath, attempting to calm herself. "Calm down, Tessa. It's a one in a thousand chance that Tyler would answer this question perfectly," she thought inwardly before mustering the courage to question him. "What were the long-term effects of the Protestant Reformation on the development of Western civilization?"

Tyler smirked, saying, "Just as I thought."

As he began to answer the question with detailed explanations, Tessa was astonished by how effortlessly Tyler handled it. Was he a hidden campus genius, even surpassing her intelligence?

It took Tessa days to summarize and articulate the answer, while Tyler seemed to treat it like a piece of cake. Frustrated, Tessa prepared to stand up and leave.

"What, want to chicken out already?" Tyler laughed when he finished explaining.

"Come here." Tyler wrapped his arms around Tessa's waist, pulling her onto his lap. After a few minutes, Tessa felt something pressing against her, making her uneasy. Tyler abruptly placed her on the couch, declaring, "Class is over; I have something urgent to take care of," and left, banging the door behind him.

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TBC

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