Morwenna picked up an eclair from the plate.

"Yum, it's delicious."

Seeing her enjoyment, Claude asked, "Would you like another one?"

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Claude, with a quizzical expression, pushed the entire plate of pastries towards her.

After munching on a few, Morwenna patted her belly, which had stopped rumbling.

Feeling a bit embarrassed to eat more, she cheerfully said, "Thanks for the pastries, they're really good. Let's get back to the lesson, shall we? I'll make up for the time lost, after all, we did agree on a fee, and take my professional ethics seriously."

Claude suddenly cut her off, "Ms. Winslet, what's the point of me learning all this?"

Morwenna paused, her gaze shifting from the book to Claude.

Claude met her eyes.

My lungs are slowly fibrosing irreversibly. I frequently suffer from myocarditis, as well as arrhythmias. Who knows, one day my heart might just stop. Ms. Winslet, I'm not going to live for long. What's

stared wide-eyed at the young man in

it was just about having pale skin. She hadn't imagined

looked like an angel, wouldn't live

seriously asking her about the

and after a long silence, she replied seriously, "Learning

matter how much I learn, I'll soon

answer your question, but when my teacher was seriously ill, he used the money for his treatment to help several orphans with their living and schooling. I once asked him why, and he said

continued, "Ms. Winslet, are you suggesting I use my

head, "No, what I mean is, don't worry about how long you have, just do what you find meaningful as long as you are

I can't

read books. There's everything in books, and maybe by

"Seriously?"

nodded earnestly, then added, "Tomorrow, I'll

eyes looked into Morwenna's, as if

a long time, then smiled

genuine and heartfelt smile seemed to hide

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