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

Chapter 1879

Knowing who to look for made everything easier. Fiona ended the call and headed straight back to her dorm, planning to catch a nap before staking out Pearl's favorite bar that night.

"Go get some rest. Take care of yourself, that's what matters," she whispered to Tyler, slipping out the back door of the classroom.

Up front, the teacher was still deep into the lecture, totally oblivious to Fiona's quiet escape. A few minutes later, Tyler ducked out too.

Their classmates exchanged looks, a little thrown. Sneaking out during class at Center College was pretty much unheard of. Everyone here had clawed their way in and nobody wanted to risk their future. Sure, people looked at Fiona differently these days, but she'd gotten in as the top student-no one could take that away from her.

Still, most of them saw Fiona as the boss of International Glam, the one responsible for the downfall of the Woods, Kidd, and Bryant families.

Back in her dorm room, Fiona let herself fall face-first into bed. She was asleep in seconds-these last few days had really taken it out of her.

Meanwhile, over at the Woods family's house in the capital-

Jackson had been searching every corner of the property for the basement his grandfather mentioned, but he'd found nothing. Now the whole place was crawling with people, turning everything upside down.

to break. One arm rested on the back of the couch, his legs crossed,

two weeks and you still haven't found a thing. What am I paying you

a metal detector and practically shaking out of his shoes, trying to shrink

main Woods estate to

States where things were easier, but instead he came back here—and everyone knew Jackson was not someone you wanted to mess with. No

even a real storeroom-just that little storage room you already know about We've checked it inside and out, and it's

didn't even look at him. The tension in the room kept

glass in his hand, shards digging into his palm. Blood started to

looking," he said, eyes closing for a

there's news from the States,"

open. "What

the capital, Jackson stayed on top of everything happening in the States-especially anything involving Fiona. He

else.

left, the