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    She looked up at han her gaze shghtly caused What should ye beery an indifferent expression was now nged withughter adiling a rare brightness to her delicate face


    Owen caught her hand and his lips drew closer He stopped just a finger width away: “We haven’t kissed in a while”


    Aria bited her heart up and swiftly kissed his lips


    Their hips touched with a crisp towab sound


    “There now we’ve kissed Owen chuckled and sermed satisfied “That I do for inday


    Aria said, “If you ever feel like kissing me just gotor s


    So far, very rare krs they d had was mitiated by her and only then would he take things alon further


    Owen’s smile deepened hr eyes reflecting her outage Then I won’t bother acking next time


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    Before Aria could tumh he feared down and blocked her works with a kiss This lips gently traced hers, then let go a


    omentter ‘Pearl has Elba with her


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    He was showing vulnerability


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    Shis epted. Amessage followed immediately.Thank you for speaking up for me)


    Samuel had lot determined to sex ure the project, but Mandy emiled up winning in


    Mandy was approaching recremen Several of her best students had already graduated the dean decided to transfer Samuel to her team though at a lower rank.


    [You’re amazing,/ Aria replied.


    Mandy messaged again: (Hefner Hospital said that if there’s any need during the project, they’ll reach out to you. They’d like you to attend theunch.J


    Aria scoffed and tapped open the second request (I’m Liam. I have something to discuss. Please ept.]


    Expressionless, the blocked him immediately


    Time passed Helen and the others had gotten used to their busy schedules again


    Back in high school, they longed for the freedom of college life But after surviving four years of undergrad, they realized that being a grad student was no casier.


    Their schedules were packed, and even the basic experiments had to follow strict progress requirements


    For now, they were all unending sharedb courses


    Luckily, the current topics were simple enough that they could finish their tasks andpile a final evaluation report


    That day, Aria and Sophie called the three students to their office


    Art exined “We brought you here in talk about your training ns


    Sophie sopkard at Mike “You’ve already chosen your research direction, so we won’t dwell too inch on vesir Derelerin


    terjan from us and Ms Saxur Tei us know if you have any crime


    ke ned over the n and said he had no objections


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    Sophie contred Denderestanan how highly the school wins Mc Burson


    thewrsity hand made it clear why they recalled Ana and Maria even helped recruit her aga


    The school wanted not jus an outstanding teacher bur someone who could prodave groundbreaking research,


    df Aria nerden, she could have fict pwk of PhD ousters students from across the university


    Sophie understood all this har kept it to herself


    She handed the ns to Helen and Lam Take a look Any questions?


    Larry slood in the middle, and Mike standing to his leh, couldn’t help pecking at his paper


    Their ns werepletely different Mike had a clear research dinon and would mainly be working with Martin’s team Larry would be following Aria full time, and Heleny likely the same


    Sophie exined. “You’ll spend this first year with Ms Saxon In the second year you’ll coborate with other teams. Focus on building a strong foundation now If you perform well, we might make an exception next semester


    Halfway through. Sophie paused, as if realizing shed said too much Forget it Its foorarly to talk about that now


    The curiosity burned in Helen and Larry


    Mike Cunched his n and couldnt hold back Ms. Morgan, am I only working with Mr. Schmidt I won’t be following Ms


    Saxon at all


    Sophie frowned slightly, “Wasnt that what you requested?


    Mike instinctively looked at Aria and flushed I didn’t ask for that. Apart from my own research focus, I’d like to follow MEC Saxon for the other course experiments 100


    After hearing Larry’s story. Mike admired Ana deeply and genuinely wanted to learn from her He realized his previcans attitude had been narrow–minded


    Sophie understood the nusunderstanding and exined with a smile Were not excluding you. You focus heavily on experiments in undergrad and have more skills in that area than the withers Having you work with Mr. Schmidt’s team is Because you’ll gas more that way


    fact, his singr for its un experiments had hurt his exam performance Only his ste interview brought his war har


    Martin valued this and hoped to bring him mio Arta’s team.


    exined, “Helen and Larry need time to catets up this first year You’re alraily strong in experie


    sild rake the most of learning from Martin’s PhD students before they graduate


    added. “When My Saxon starts new projects of course you’ll be included Don’t worry


    Mike rxed and suited Co w


    hank you is Mora


    After the use of Sophie retched Alright, that’s seashel


    Posad Tunch on me. My thanks to the beautiful and kmd Ms Morgan


    Sophie smiled “Then I’ll thank the beautiful Ms. Saxon in advance