Chapter 86

DANTE'S POV

I walked through the campus, my backpack weighing me down like my own personal anchor. Academic workload and social pressures were suffocating me, making it hard to breathe. I felt like I was drowning in a sea of expectations.

That's when I saw her, Olivia, sitting in the library, surrounded by stacks of books and notes. She looked up and smiled, and I smiled back.

“Hey, babe," she said, looking up from her studies. "What's wrong? You look like you've lost someone."

I collapsed into the chair across from her, feeling defeated. "I probably have. I wonder why I got to do psychology. I'm in business for crying out loud.”

She smiled symp