Seams of Obsession のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 11 - チャプター 15

The engineering building feels completely different at night.During the day it's full of noise—students rushing, machines humming, lectures echoing through halls. At midnight, it's almost peaceful. Fluorescent lights buzz softly overhead, and long hallways echo with every step.Technically, students aren't supposed to be here this late. But Maisie gave me the after-hours code for the textile lab. "Creative emergencies," she called it.Tonight qualifies.Because I can't stop thinking about the assignment. Or the emails. Or the way Professor Adrian Hale said he was "looking forward" to my approach. That single line has been replaying in my head all evening.Not because it was flirtatious. It wasn't. It was simply interested. Curious.And curiosity from a man like him feels strangely intoxicating.I push open the lab door.Inside, the room smells faintly of cotton fibres and machine oil. Large testing eq

Céline’s POVThe pub is louder than it should be. Or perhaps my head is simply louder tonight.Music pulses through the crowded room, laughter bouncing off the walls, glasses clinking. My classmates are everywhere—shouting, joking, already several drinks ahead of good judgement.This was supposed to help. A distraction. A way to prove the universe contains more than one dangerously intelligent man with grey eyes and a voice that lingers in my thoughts like silk slipping through fingers.So far, the plan is failing. Spectacularly."Another round?" Callum asks, appearing beside me with two pints already in hand.He's handsome in the effortless way confident men tend to be—tousled hair, mischievous grin, easy charm. Tonight, he is clearly trying very hard."Why not," I reply, accepting the drink. The beer is cold and slightly bitter. I take a generous sip.Across the table, Priya is laughing so hard she nearly knoc

Céline's povSunday mornings in the flat are quiet. Almost sacred.Sunlight filters through the tall Edinburgh windows, pale and gentle against the wooden floors. The city outside is still waking up—distant buses, the occasional gull crying above the rooftops.Inside, the world smells like coffee and fabric.I sit cross-legged on the floor of the small sewing room we claimed as a "creative space," surrounded by spools of thread and scraps of silk I brought from Lyon. A soft French folk song hums under my breath as my fingers guide the needle through pale ivory fabric.It's calming. Predictable.Unlike the rest of my life lately.Because every time my mind goes quiet—it returns to him. His voice. His eyes. The way he said my name last night. Goodnight, Céline.I stab the needle a little harder than necessary.Focus. Thread. Fabric. Precision. This is something I understand.The door creaks open