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

into the classroom, clutching a

only for the computer courses in the Medical Department but also for

of the students in the Computer Science department were male, making the classroom atmosphere much more

student in the Computer Science department had their own high-performance laptop. Standing at the podium, Mr. Abbott announced softly, "I've reviewed your assignments, and

left

had been teaching them since their freshman year, and it was the first

happen to you?" asked

in agreement. Heartbreak,

to hold you to stricter standards starting today! Even the freshmen

was the same web page he had asked Flora to create, and out of the whole class of more than fifty students, not one did better than

Mr. Abbott would have given high marks, but now, with Flora setting such a high standard, their work

us,

freshman from the Medical Department did better than

He pulled up the source file Flora

"See for yourselves."

curiosity, the students opened the file Mr.