Chapter 46

Serena didn’t expect Matthew to still be holding a grudge over that incident. She gave Ivy an awkward smile and shot her a meaningful glance. Then she quickly pushed Matthew away while half-joking, "Mr. Quinn, you’d better get going. You gave a talk here just a few days ago—what if someone recognizes you? That’d be a scene." Matthew chuckled at her being all cute and didn’t say much more before walking off. Serena let out a long breath of relief—whew, crisis averted. Ivy still looked puzzled though, shooting Serena a confused look. "Can you tell me what happened with the pepper spray thing?" Serena had no choice but to give her a quick recap, even tossing in a few playful faces to soften her up. Ivy pretended to be mad, huffing, "You’re treating me to lunch today. Meat. Lots of it." "Alright, alright, deal." They laughed their way toward the academic building. After Ivy finished fangirling over that insanely handsome elective class teacher, they jogged to the cafeteria together. Nothin