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

Chapter 1031

Beside Flora stood three unmistakable figures: Connor, Moss, and Beck.

"Flora..." Cynthia's eyes welled up with tears the moment she saw Flora. She had hoped to keep Flora in the dark, but secrets have a way of slipping out. Watching Cynthia break down like that, Flora felt a heaviness settle in her chest. She quietly stepped over, crouching beside her, and offered a tissue, "Here, dry those tears."

"Okay..." Cynthia nodded, her voice catching in her throat.

"Eilies, fill me in. What's been going on?" Flora's voice was calm, but the calmer she sounded, the more it unnerved everyone around her.

Eilies poured out the whole story-how Blake had been tormenting Cynthia for days, and the humiliating scene that had just unfolded. Flora listened, her eyes, cold and composed, drifting over to the trash can. Inside lay Cynthia's thesis, trampled with dirt, beyond repair. Well then...

"Moss, Beck," she called out.

"Yes, Ms. Flora!" Moss and Beck answered in unison.

"Go get Blake."

...

leaving the office, Blake was ready to head home. She hopped into her car and called Lydia, eager to brag

paper in the trash? Man, I wish I'd been there to

angel, and her roommate's a piece of work too," Lydia grumbled, still sore over Flora

no clout, just an average student. She

Blake was cautious,

up for Cynthia. But seeing Flora's indifference made her

got something delicious

Blake replied cheerfully, ending the call. She slipped her phone into her pocket and pulled out

en

car's headlights cast

of Maple Grove parking

scrambled to roll up the windows and lock the doors, but it was too late. In a flash, one of the men was at her window. He reached in, grabbed her by the collar, and pulled her

petrified, begging frantically, "Please, let me go... I'm just a regular teacher, I've never

Ms. Flora," the man said emotionlessly, holding her firm while Beck

disgrace to the profession,