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Twenty-one: Avoiding him
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Shane's POV
I arrived at school almost 10 minutes before class, I was too busy doing my assignment report for our marketing subject and I don’t know if it is because of my curiosity or my suspicions regarding Erwan but I got distracted by the image of the girl that I saw in his Instagram account. While doing the report, I found myself wondering about her and where she is now.
If you’ll ask me if this is normal, of course, it is. Curiosity is normal.
I am lucky enough that the professor is still not around by the time I arrived at the classroom. I glance around and frowned when I saw someone sitting in my usual spot. What a lucky morning, indeed.
The only vacant seat now is in the back row which happened to be beside Erwan. It is not a good thing because I decided that I should not be attached to him, especially today.
Today is the crucial part of my investigation. I have this strong feeling that I wi
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