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Chapter 117: Heart Racing Moment

مؤلف: KING DAVID
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POV: Ava

The silence of the Crestwood University library usually felt like a warm blanket, but tonight, it felt like a trap. I stared at the blinking cursor on my laptop, the white screen mocking me. For the first time in my life, the formulas for my advanced economics seminar weren't making sense. My brain was a chaotic mess of supply-and-demand curves and the memory of Kai’s low, gravelly laugh from this morning.

I gripped the edge of the mahogany desk, my knuckles turning white. Focus, Ava.
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