Chapter 21: The Brother Next Door
“Oh no, what happened to your lips, Lottie? They're so swollen.”
Beatrice's surprised exclamation drew the attention of the other teachers.
“Uh...”
She quickly raised her hand to touch her lips and searched for an excuse.
“I... walked onto the edge of the meeting room door, so... they're swollen like this.”
In the end, she managed to lie.
“Does it hurt?”
Beatrice walked over and looked at her lips with concern.
“Uh... not really. It should be fine soon. Thank you so much, Beatrice .”
She quickly retreated to her desk and buried herself in preparing for the class that would start in two hours. However, she couldn't fully concentrate because thoughts of Jeffrey's kiss kept intruding every second.
“Jeffrey has such sweet lips.”
She accidentally mu
