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

"Did you even hear me talking?" Rafael had been rambling on for a while, but Flora didn't respond, her eyes seemingly drifting elsewhere, barely glancing at the screen. Flora was busy chatting with Connor on her computer. Hearing Rafael, she shot him a quick look. "Done talking? Then I'm hanging up."

Rafael, catching the occasional clatter of keyboard strokes from her side, asked, "What are you doing? Chatting with Connor?"

Flora nodded lazily.

Rafael's face scrunched up in accusation. "I'm talking to you, and you're not even paying attention, just chatting with him! Who's more important, him or me?"

The makeup artist nearly yanked out a chunk of Rafael's hair in surprise.

Was this the same wild and aloof Rafael they knew?

It was the first time seeing him act so childishly... like he was competing for attention.

"Hanging up."

Facing Rafael's sulky and accusing gaze, Flora calmly and indifferently ended the video call.

...

Computer Science

the classroom, clutching a

in the Medical Department but also for specialized courses in the Computer

department were male,

the Medical Department, where students mostly used lab computers, each student in the Computer Science department had their own high-performance laptop. Standing at the podium, Mr. Abbott announced softly, "I've

declaration left

Abbott had been teaching them since their freshman year, and it was the first time he'd ever returned

did something happen to you?" asked Ivan, the class

students nodded in agreement.

said sternly. "I've decided to hold you to stricter standards starting today! Even the freshmen in the

same web page he had asked Flora to create, and out of the whole class of more than fifty

Abbott would have given

motivate us, but what you're

Medical Department did better than

their disbelief, Mr. Abbott didn't elaborate. He pulled up the source file Flora had worked

"See for yourselves."

the students opened the