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he said. “Really?” I asked, curiosity lacing my voice. He nodded once. “You’ll see.” I followed him to the library, the scent of old pages and cedar filled the air. To the left, I noticed a new shelf, small, polished, and unlike the grand spiral ones towering around us. My gaze caught on a delicate gold tag at the top: ‘The Juliens.’ My lips curved without meaning to. He set the books down carefully, arranging them as though they were fragile pieces of our story.

The coffee smelled amazing, and she waited for the stupid pot to finish. “Do you have a book on English history?” A older gentleman asked. “If we have one it will be in the history section, try the far-left side. Three or four sleeves down.” Majesta waved toward the section of the store. The coffee finished and she poured herself a cup and added some sugar. The first sip was to die for, and she moaned into her mug. With that, she went to the register and waited to see what sold for the day. They also took old schoolbooks to be resold. It was a nice way to help out the college students. She heard a thud and looked up to see a rather large bag of books sitting on the counter.

Luca looked amused but followed without protest. Inside, the air smelled of old paper and dust. Stacks of books filled every corner, and a sleepy cat dozed on the counter beside an elderly woman who greeted us with a kind smile. I wandered between the shelves, fingers brushing against spines — romance, poetry, mystery — stories that once felt too far away from the life I’d been living. I picked up a worn copy of The Little Prince and smiled faintly. “I used to read this when I was a kid.”

Hi all, apologies for repeating chapter 134 in 137. It has been ammended. So if you're reading this chapter before 12th to 13th July 2026, Please read chapter 141 again before this one. Thank you for your support. MATTEO Small. Warm. Tucked between a bookstore and a florist on Elliot Street, like it had always been there and had never needed to announce itself. I sat in the car across the street and watched it for a moment.

As she steadied herself, she gazed slightly at a warm amber glow caught her attention. Across the narrow road stood an old bookstore tucked between two abandoned buildings. Its faded wooden sign swayed gently in the wind. A Soft yellow light spilled from its windows, making it look strangely untouched by the storm outside. Without thinking, Elara crossed the street. A tiny brass bell chimed the moment she pushed the door open. A Warm air wrapped around her instantly. She took a deep breath through her nostrils. The scent of old paper, cedarwood, and freshly brewed tea filled the room.

The Court Street bookstore had been mine since before the bakeries. Not the new one that had opened two blocks down last year with the carefully curated displays and the excellent events program. The old one. The one that had been on the corner since before the neighborhood became the neighborhood, the one that smelled like paper and the particular dust of a building that had been holding books for forty years and had no plans to change. I went on Saturday mornings when the week needed finishing and the Sunday dinner hadn't yet arrived to begin the new one. The in-between time. The specific quiet of a Saturday that belonged entirely to itself.

He can't stop himself from smiling sweetly even though the silly eunuch isn't paying attention to him. Meanwhile, Xu Zhengming reads the book he just brought to the town square. It's entitled . He asked the vendor for the best-selling novel and recommended him this book he's currently reading with knitted eyebrows. He can't deny that this novel is good but for some reason, it's strange. "It's a novel." Without looking away from the book, he replies. "Honestly, I find this book interesting but it's somehow strange." The smiley Yin Wenyan slightly tilted his head. "Hmm? How so?"

Greta and Gabby made their way to Page Turner’s Bookstore just down the street from the Blue Moon Inn. Once inside the warmth of the large shop, Greta was surprised to see a bright modern shop, which included not only a metaphysical section, but my children’s section, too. With soft upbeat music playing in the background, it didn’t take long to find the shopkeeper chatting away to a rather wild looking dog by a fireplace.

A bell jingles when I walk into a book store called “Jinx’s Magic Shop” and my nose is immediately assaulted by the smell of stale books mixed in with a lemon-scented air freshener. Moving away when someone tries to exit the store, I look around and admire the place. It looks pretty causal, with lines of shelves surrounding every corner of the left side of the room and comfortable sofas on the other. The crowd in the store is pretty small, with only a few settled down as they quietly read, and situated in the middle is a large desk occupied by a young brunette with glasses. There’s a computer on the desk and its surrounded by a lot of books heaped upon one another, she raises her head and sm