The Tutor: Summer of Love, #1

By Sophie Styles

Sanjay's parents want him to get into medical school, but he hasn't even started college yet! When they hire a tutor, he's sure his last summer with his friends is over. Then he finds out it's the gorgeous blonde next door. But a popular girl like Hailey would never like a nerd like him, would she?

Hailey has one last hot and steamy encounter with her ex-boyfriend before she moves on. She's tired of him using and abusing her. Headed to medical school in the fall, she doesn't want to spend the summer heartbroken. But can she meet a man who will appreciate her brain as much as her body?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Independent
• Release date: Apr 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9798215372760

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The Tutor

Summer of Love #1

Sophie Styles

Copyright © 2022 by Sophie Styles

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No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher or author, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law.

Contents

1.The Jerk

2.The Jock

3.The Joys

4.The Journey

5.Epilogue

About the Author

Chapter 1

The Jerk

W hat do you think you're going to do? Play the whole summer away?

The moment Sanjay graduated, his mother's voice morphed from a soothing balm to an electric prod. All he had to do was hear her breathing these days and his hackles went up.

I'm not playing, mom. I'm testing, he said, as if she cared about the difference.

To Mrs. Patel, any time spent on video games at all was a waste of a time. It didn't matter if he was helping his best friend put the finishing touches on his capstone project.

Andrew had gone the alternative route, dropped out of high school, taken his GED, and was now a semester away from graduating with an online degree. If he'd tried that, his parents would have murdered him in his sleep.

His mother's knuckles knocked against his door frame again.

You're going to be testing for real in just a few months. You need to hit the books, not those buttons! He was almost at the end of the final level, and for once, he hadn't run into any major bugs. There was a sconce on the wall in the second level with a flame that was out of control, but other than that, it was smooth sailing. Andrew was going to pass—and get a job—without any problem. If his parents had anything to say about it, Sanjay was looking at another eight years of school. Sanjay! Are you listening?!

He pushed away from the computer in frustration and turned to his mother, doing his best to hold in his frustration.

Yes, I'm listening. Are you?

The words slipped out before he had a chance to stop them, and his life flashed before his eyes. His mother glared at him from the doorway.

No, wait, he said, standing up nervously, what I meant was-

I know exactly what you meant, she said, finger pointed. "You