Chapter 606

This was the iconic line from that English novel they had both reached for simultaneously during their first encounter at Bookstore—the very one Henry Larson had even recited aloud back then. Willow had every reason to suspect he had recognized her and deliberately called on her to answer. Every pair of eyes in the classroom locked onto her, some filled with anticipation, others with tension, and a few barely suppressing their glee at her impending embarrassment. Alaia and the clique around her wore particularly mocking smirks. So what if Willow had topped the science stream in the Shallow Pit Province college entrance exams? English wasn’t even tested there—how could she possibly know it? It was obvious, wasn’t it? If she were truly confident, why would she sit all the way in the back during Professor Henry’s class? Clearly, she was afraid of humiliating herself. Now that she’d been called out, she was bound to make a fool of herself. With a quiet sigh, Willow rose to her feet. She ha