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

"Sure," Libby nodded.

Honestly, she thought Alexa was overthinking things. Even if she didn't help her study, there was no way Alexa would fail against Flora. Two months into the semester, and Flora had barely attended any of her professional classes.

Libby was known by all the teachers as the top student in the field. How could she possibly fail against Flora? She was determined to crush her underfoot!

Libby's thoughts drifted to the charismatic man she had met at the night market. Where was he now? She had been frequenting the night market these past few days, but hadn't seen him again. Libby was confident; given enough time, she was sure to make Connor fall head over heels for her.

Meanwhile, Shawn had just finished dinner with Flora and returned to the medical research lab. Alexa was already back and cleaning. When she saw him enter, she instinctively tried to hide. Shawn, however, didn't even glance her way and headed straight to Dr. Ray's office, knocking on the door before going in.

"Dr. Ray, you wanted to see me?"

"Shawn, come on in!"

papers. Seeing

lately. I read the paper you submitted on Monday, and it's outstanding. It shows the caliber of our lab's

usual work. He even thought it wasn't up to par and feared Dr. Ray would criticize him. Could it be that his work

wanted to ask what you meant by this part here," Dr. Ray said, handing Shawn the printed paper and pointing to the section in question. "What I initially intended here was..." Shawn began, but

the paper more closely. The more he looked, the more alarmed he became. It was his paper, alright, but it had been altered. The changes were subtle but brilliant, making the entire paper

Ray was

Ray asked, noticing Shawn's

struggled to contain his shock. "My

had touched his paper. Flora. Suddenly, he felt like a fool

you mean?" Dr. Ray