Chapter 186

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It rained for three days straight, and the temperature dropped as a result.

As it was getting cold, I put on thick winter clothes before I did my daily commute of going to the apartment, lecture hall, and cafeteria.

Helen stopped coming back to the apartment the second night after the incident. I was all alone in the cold apartment.

When I was bored, I’d talk to my friends. More often than not, I’d be texting Colin.

It wasn’t that I was neglecting my friends, but they all had a boyfriend. They didn’t have time for me. Colin and I were both single, so we were like each other’s support group.

On the fourth day, I had a lecture in the morning. As soon as I entered the lecture hall, I saw my classmates gossiping about something excitedly.

“So what’s the good news? Did they increase the scholarship amount or something?” I found a seat at the front of the lecture hall. Then, I took out the textbooks from my bag and placed them on my desk. I also took out the draft I drew yesterday so that the lecturer could

evaluate it.

better than

know him? The same Professor King who was very successful when he was

he my guest lecturer at Lincoln University? He was Colin’s thesis supervisor too. It was thanks to him that I became so successful in the arts

teaching at Jesselton College now? How come

by the news, of course. It brightened

call Professor King to ask when he would be dropping by,

put my phone away. The corners of my eyes caught a glimpse of the lecturer walking in, and my jaw fell

with a thick stack of reference books. He looked

that Professor King was coming. What a

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your mouth. In my class, being pretty

rules.”

heads to look at

beautiful a crime now? Why put me

but didn’t dare talk

nose. His shrewd eyes hid the joy and playfulness from seeing me. “What? Are you too happy to see

my classmates looked at me, bewildered. They were

meek woman like me could draw the professor’s attention on his first day

When I opened my

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