Chapter 38: A Gift
(Aurora's POV)
The door opened and Phineas stepped out in a charcoal suit that looked like it had been cut specifically for his shoulders, which, objectively speaking, it probably had been.
He looked up and saw me at the same moment I saw him.
A beat of silence.
Then the corner of his mouth lifted. "Did you bribe my assistant to get my personal schedule, Dr. Caldwell?"
My face went warm before I could stop it. "I was invited," I said. "By my mentor. Who I have known for seven years. This has nothing to do with you."
"Of course."
He didn't look convinced. He looked entertained, which was worse.
I walked past him and pressed the doorbell.
Professor Walsh opened the door himself, beaming. Mrs. Walsh appeared immediately behind him and pulled me into a h
