Chapter 9

That evening, the rain was pouring heavily outside the library.

The air felt very cold outside, Claire felt so hungry and found it difficult to leave the warm library room just to enter the cold hallway to eat a small piece of her leftover lunch burger.

Her eyes were fixed on Alex, who was busy working on sheets of paper on the table.

Summoning her courage, she quietly took out a worn plastic package containing a cold, slightly crushed burger from her bag. Claire always took her lunch burger and cut it in half.

One half for lunch and one half for dinner. She brought the food under the table.

With her eyes still on Alex, her other hand slowly unwrapped the paper and plastic wrapping very slowly to avoid making any loud noise.

She was sure the professor wouldn't notice her. Her heart was pounding, her stomach growling, and her mouth watering.

She quickly raised her hand and slightly lowered her head to take a bite of the burger. Her eyes glanced at Alex, who still didn't notice her, an