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CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR

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Weeks passed.

And with each one, the space between Ava and Dr. Reid grew wider—colder, emptier.

He didn’t look at her anymore.

Not once.

Not when she raised her hand to answer a question.

Not when she passed him her test sheet.

Not even when she lingered in the hallway after class, pretending to be on her phone just to see if he’d acknowledge her.

He didn’t.

Dr. Reid had perfected the art of pretending she didn’t exist.

And that, more than his anger, was what truly broke her.

At first, Ava thought it was a game.

He was just keeping his distance, trying to teach her a lesson. He’d come around, like he always did—when his restraint snapped, when the tension became too much.

She had seen that storm behind his eyes before. She knew how tightly he held it back.

But this time was different.

This time, he stayed calm. Controlled. Untouchable.

And she hated it.

Jason, on the other hand, was everything Dr. Reid wasn’t.

Warm. Open. Predictable.

He held her hand in public.

Walked her to class.

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