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Blowing off pressure

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Sage

The second we entered the office building, Clara was already waiting for us near the elevator. She was holding a file in one hand and her phone in the other, her lips pressed into a thin line.

The moment the professor walked in, she handed him the file without a word. He opened it immediately, his eyes scanning the pages as he walked briskly toward his office.

She lingered behind for a moment, glancing at me with a small, pitying smile. "Here," she said, handing me two steaming cups of coffee. “You’re going to need this. Good luck.”

I nodded, taking the cups as she turned and walked off. That didn’t bode well.

I guess everyone was on edge because of his mood. My mood had plummeted because he was angry and also because of the picture.

By the time I caught up to him, he was already seated behind his desk, engrossed in the file Clara had given him. I shut the door softly behind me, set one of the cups on his desk, and held the other in my hands, waiting for his instructions.

I didn
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