Chapter 82

Blushing deeply, Miss Rhea Walker scurried out of the bedroom like a coward, leaving Snape standing alone, completely rigid and stiff. Even though Rhea had kissed his cheek once again, he still had not an ounce of resistance. He felt a mad urge to rush out, grab the girl who kept teasing him so recklessly, and kiss her lips... But reason told him he could not. She was still young; even though they were no longer teacher and student, she was still young—at least physically, her body was only eleven years old. Furthermore, she had to return to Hogwarts shortly, leaving him nowhere near enough time to compose himself. More and more, he bitterly resented why he had been born twenty years earlier than Rhea's current body.