FreeNovelShawn's face lit up when he saw Flora. He rummaged through his bag and pulled out a gift box, handing it to her.
"Flora, my cousin wouldn't stop buggingto buy this over the weekend. I figured you'd like it too, so I got one for you as well. Consider it a thank you for helpingwith my paper." Darcy leaned in, giving Shawn and Flora a knowing look. "Shawn, why'd you only bring Flora a gift? Playing favorites, huh?" "Well, it's different when it's someone you like. Our forever-single Shawn finally has a crush!" "Cut it out, guys!" Shawn quickly tried to shut them up, nervously glancing at Flora to see if she was upset. When he saw she wasn't, he relaxed a bit.
"Alright, everyone back to work. If you have too much free time, I can ask Dr. Ray to find more tasks for you." At that, the group, who had been joking around, quickly dispersed. They were already swamped, and more tasks from Dr. Ray would be the end of them.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Just a bit of teasing and you're already acting like Flora's the most precious thing. Still not admitting you like her, huh?" "Flora, don't pay attention to them. They're just used to joking around. And don't feel pressured about the gift, I just..." Shawn fumbled for words, worried about troubling Flora.
Flora looked at him for a moment, not wanting to embarrass him, and smiled as she accepted the gift box. "Thanks, Shawn. I'll take the gift. Let's have dinner together sometwith my fiancé." "Uh... sure." Shawn went silent for a moment, then nodded. He handed sreports to Flora for her to analyze and went back to his own work.
"Not even into someone but still leading them on, Flora, you're really something. Not wasting that pretty face of yours." Alexa passed by Flora, huffing coldly, jealousy flashing in her eyes. She had never been considered particularly attractive, and the few who did show interest were never up to her standards. A high-quality guy like Shawn had always been out of her reach.
The man she couldn't win over with all her schemes, Flora seemed to dismiss without a care. Who wouldn't be angry about that? The more she thought about it, the more twisted her heart became, the more she hated.
Her tone was sharp, clearly looking for trouble.
"Alexa, what's your problem? Flora is naturally beautiful, something can't just envy"Don't hate on someone just because you're not as pretty. Instead of picking on Flora, maybe focus on doing more experiments so you don't blank out when Dr. Ray quizzes yout." The seniors all spoke up for Flora. Compared to Alexa, they naturally sided with Flora.
It was strange; although was et targeted Flora in the past, it was mostly behind her back. But recently, Alexa seemed to act more brazenly, as if she had someone backing her. en.swhovelsBeing criticized by so many, Alexa's face fell, her heart filling with even more jealousy.
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Was Flora just beautiful? Was that reason enough for everyone to m e protect her? Biting her lip in anger, she went off to do other things.
Let Flora enjoy her moment of pride; soon enough, she wouldn't be able to.
Even these people would cbegging to her!
As noon approached, Henrik sent Flora his location. He was already at the University of Maple Grove. The of content is on novelenglish.net! Flora asked him to find a café to wait in, then sent a message to Connor.
As soon as the noon bell rang, Flora grabbed her backpack and left.
She picked up Connor and then headed to the private dining room Henrik had reserved. X
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