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Chapter 14: Hooked on Him

Autor: Ivy Walters
last update Data de publicação: 2025-08-29 08:29:19

Monalisa POV.

I must be crazy.

I said to myself as I walked along the corridors of the admin block.

I passed several offices as I sauntered through the academic departments, heading for a certain office.

I needed answers and was going to get them one way or another.

His Lecture ended a few minutes ago, and without so much as a glance back, Greg Callaghan, My Professor, who had so cruelly ghosted me, packed up his books and walked out of the class.

As the lecture went on, his eyes had constantly
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