Chapter 29: Back to University

I was startled by my own thoughts and quickly shook my head to banish that idea. In any case, although fatigued, today was destined to be a busy day.

7:00 AM: I went to the dining hall to have breakfast with Antoninus. I was on edge the whole time, unable to even look up at him.

7:30 AM: I escorted Chris onto Lawrence's "school bus." The little guy was well-behaved today, but Mirabelle insisted on tagging along. Lawrence and I spent a good ten minutes trying to persuade her, but we eventually had to summon an entire fleet of bodyguards to escort her.

When I finally had a moment to return to my office in the city, Blake was there, cursing up a storm. My colleagues saw me standing at the door and looked at me as if I were their savior. They seemed like they wanted to pry Blake's head open to make him turn around and see me.

"Boss?" I timidly pushed the door open.

Blake turned around, his expression swiftly transitioning from anger to delight. "Lily!