CHAPTER 41:THE UNWANTED PRESENCE
With the graduation season drawing closer for the seniors, the atmosphere inside the university library shifted from a quiet sanctuary to a pressure cooker of stress. Reuben was practically buried alive in his CPA reviewers, balancing his remaining major subjects with his duties at the circulation desk. And right where the honey was, the wasp was sure to follow. Cheska began showing up. Not just occasionally, but practically every single day, turning into an unbearable, permanent fixture anywhere Reuben happened to be. She would drag her heavy accounting books to the tables closest to the circulation desk. She would constantly walk up to Reuben, purposefully flipping her perfectly curled hair, asking for "help" with complex auditing problems that she, as a top-performing student, sh
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