Can’t Win Me Back

"You—" Amber glared at him in embarrassment. Her eyes were dewy and sparkling.

Axel tilted his head with a roguish smile. He tapped his lips to remind her.

Suddenly, he frowned and spun around. A group of smiling kids had gathered by the backdoor of the classroom to watch the unfold. Their cute

heads peeked out of the door, one on top of another, which was rather hilarious to see.

They would have made a fuss if they could speak.

"You rascal!" Amber's face reddened. She shoved him away before fleeing and herding the kids back into the classroom.

Her scolding sounded flirtatious to Axel. His smile deepened when he relished her remark.

Amber returned to the podium after soothing the children. When she looked up, she found Axel shamelessly sitting in a chair by an unoccupied table

in the last row. He folded his arms and rested them on the table, blinking obediently like he, too, was a student.

until she took a few deep

happily filed out of the classroom, each holding a gift

he beamed

to him, holding

arm and unfurled

have one for you," she

unfair." He

finally retrieved a bunny keychain from her shirt pocket. "Count yourself lucky.

one."

eyes shifted between the bunny keychain and

withdrew her hand when he did not accept the keychain immediately. She mumbled, "Right. I'm sure you have

good stuff. You wouldn't want something like

from her fingertips, and her ears turned

keychain out

because you left one for me." He held the bunny keychain to his chest and stroked

"Thank you, Ms. Altman!"

| have no tto fool around with you. Go home." With that, she lowered her gaze and

to her, "Ms. Altman, you're good at sign language. Mind

to meet his starry eyes. Her expression grew