✤ Adrian ✤
I couldn’t believe what I had done. It had been eight days since I had given Sera D’Amour my personal contact number, and I still couldn’t understand what had possessed me to do it. I had told myself it was harmless, a gesture of practicality, maybe even professionalism. She had missed a few assignments, and I could have justified it if anyone had asked. But there was no justifying it. Not really. I had crossed another line. And now the silence was driving me insane. Eight days. Not a single message. Not one sighting of her on campus. It shouldn’t have bothered me, but it did. I kept expecting to see her in class, sitting in her usual spot in the middle row, her pen twirling between her fingers, her gaze fixed on me with that teasing curiosity. But she hadn’t shown up once. Eve
