Chapter – 22

“Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So, anyone who’s in love gets sad when they think of their lover. It’s like stepping back inside a room you have fond memories of, one you haven’t seen in a long time.”

— Haruki Murakami

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Saxon and Nicholas were happy for me. Now, our next mission is to get Anna to speak with me.

Anna is stubborn and hot-headed than we thought earlier. Though she is civil with me, I was still in her bad books.

So, my first mission is to become her friend, the rest is the fate.

We were doing well in our academics and studying with Anna has really helped us all. Tanya had now and then showcased her displeasure with me.

Anna and Barbara were getting close to our gang and have to start eating with us during lunch. It was during one such lunch Tanya stormed into the cafeteria drenched in skunk spray. We had to close our sensitive noses to