Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

The Adam's apple bobbed quickly.

Flora chuckled and got up from him, moving to sit by the car window on the opposite side, savoring Connor's expression.

Connor rubbed his temples, feeling the changes in his body, unable to put the sensation into words. He had always been restrained, but with Flora, a look, a word, or a gesture from her could stir something deep within him. Sometimes, he felt quite beastly.

Just then, Connor's phone rang. As soon as he answered, Ray's anxious voice came through: "Connor, is Flora with you?"

"Yes, what's going on?"

"You need to get to Aisha's place right away, she suddenly fainted!"

"Alright."

Connor's expression turned serious. He ended the call and asked Moss to drive them to the Green residence. Ray's voice had been so loud and urgent that Flora heard it too. She realized it had been several months since she last saw Aisha. Connor had mentioned that Aisha had gone back to Maple Grove.

arrived at

said, opening the door with an anxious

Flora followed Ray and saw Aisha lying on the bed. Her complexion was sickly pale,

asked,

overly tired and not resting well,

time; she

fine, just too tired and stressed, which her body couldn't handle, leading to fainting," Flora explained. "But frequent fainting needs attention. She needs to rest properly and consume more nutritious

woke up. Seeing Connor and

here?" Her voice was

us over," Flora

you for coming," Aisha smiled weakly. "I heard you were the top scholar in the

you just said to her? So some people don't die

her to rest well, yet she would read materials until late at night, sleeping only two to three hours a day. How could her body not suffer? He cared too much about Aisha, but his words were rather harsh, almost

Aisha frowned.