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Thiago turned around. The menacing edge in his eyes was clear to everyone. “I’ve compensated you on behalf of Luciana, so don’t find fault with her in the future,”
Luciana opened her mouth, wanting to say something, But she was so shocked by what had happened before her eyes that she couldn’t even say a word.
Thiago then turned around, not bothered by everyone’s gazes. He pulled off the art bag from his back. “I’ve helped you carry this all night. Here you go.”
Luciana was stunned.
“You don’t want the bag? Then I’ll help you carry it to the design department,” Thiago said.
It was then that Luciana returned to her senses and took her art bag from him. She just replied in a daze, “Thank you.”
After a while, Luciana and Vivian sat at the back of the design department’s lecture hall. Vivian’s hands were wrapped around Luciana’s slender neck, and she shook Luciana’s head back and forth so fast that Luciana was seeing stars.
“Luci, tell me the truth. What’s going on between you and Thiago? Why was your art bag with him?” Vivian asked eagerly.
“Stop shaking me. I’m going to throw up.” Luciana tried her best to push Vivian away, “I was at Alicia’s place helping her draw her pet and forgot to bring it back.”
“That’s impossible,” Vivian replied firmly. “To us art students, our art bags are everything to us. Even if we forget our shoes, we’d never forget our art supplies!
“Besides, did you see how Thiago protected you from that cup of coffee? That was so impressive! I believe you two have nothing going on right now, but don’t tell me there was nothing going on with both of you in the past!”
Luciana was still engrossed in what had happened before. Whenever she made up her mind to stay away from Thiago, he would do something that got her heart racing, causing her to want to fall back in love with him.
“It’s really nothing. We were just deskmates for a year in senior year, but he barely talked to me. You know I was a special admit at Silverlake High School, and I didn’t really have friends back then,” Luciana explained.
Vivian pursed her lips as she thought of the intentions behind Thiago’s action. A wide thought suddenly struck her. “Then what’s the deal with Thiago today? Did he fight with Monica? So, he deliberately used you to make her angry?”
As she took out her books, Luclana sald sheepishly with her head lowered, “Maybe.”
Every time she saw Thiago, she would get all flustered and panicky because she feared her feelings for him would show in her eyes. But Luciana also knew that Thiago would never like her back as they were from completely different worlds.
The gentleness he showered her with right now was probably something he wanted to do on a whim. So, if she took it seriously, she would be the only one hurt in the end.
On that same train of thought, Luciana remembered Thiago’s white shirt that was stained with coffee. She figured it was more expensive than Monica’s.
Both women became silent as their heads were filled with different thoughts.
At this moment, a hand behind Luciana patted her shoulder. Thiago smiled at her when she turned around, and the coffee stain on his white shirt stood out.
Luciana paused momentarily, unsure what to say.
Vivian also turned around, but her gaze fell on Hugo sitting beside Thiago.
“What are you guys doing here? Why did you come to sit in on our class? Are you two that free?” Vivian asked in shock,
“I have some business with Luciana,” Thiago replied.
As he was talking, he leaned forward toward them. With his shirt slightly unbuttoned, they could vaguely see his fit muscles down his collar. Laciana quickly averted her gaze. “I’m in class right now.”
“I know I’ll wait until your class is over,” Thiago replied.
“I need to go to my part–time job after class,” Luciana said.
Thiago then replied, “Class ends at 2:30 pm. I’ve already told the boss you can head to the restaurant at 7:00 pm instead.”
She didn’t know what to say.
Vivien noticed Lasciania didn’t want to have too much contact with Thiago. She shot Thiago a suspicious look. “Why are you acting like a
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stalker? Don’t you need to check on Monica? By the way, do you know? Luci has a crush on someone else. You’re not really her type.” Just as she finished her words, the smile on Thiago’s face froze while Luciana looked back at Vivian in shock.
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