Chapter 46
After organizing most elm, Autumn remembered a book that by had published. As the technical terminology was described too abur actly with an extremely high reading threshold, fewer than to cope weir printed, and there were no digital materials amallable mine.
Autumn swatched and found that the city Thrary had one copy. After work and dinner, she headed straight there. Following the section guide, she grabbed the book, when suddenly, another handreached over and took another volume from the same chelt
-it was an introductory–level textbook for the same field.
“What encr
Autumn looked up -taxesa Jayden flipping through the pages in his hand, his gaze focused on the book
Sening Ann’s scrutiny, Jayden finally turned to her. With an indifferent tone that carried barely detectable mockery, he asked, “You’re interested in computer science now?” Jayden had a meeting tomorrow with some highly intelligent minds, and he wanted to cram a little. He’d asked colleagues in the R&D department to make him a reading list. Since online ondering would be too slow, he came to the brary in barrow book–only to run straight into Autumn,
Me though late had a sick sense of humer. It was the kind of aband, unwelcome spise that made his stomach twist.
Automan frowned. They knew each other, yes, but had exchanged fewer than five sentences in total. For all intents al purposes, they were strangers. His tone was neutral, almost comerational. However, she could sense the condescension and subtle hostility beneath it
“Whether I’m interested or not isn’t really your business, is it?” she shot back
Tayden Tooled genuinely stunned, completely unprepared for Autumn’s action. He frowned at her and asked, “Did I offend you somehow?”
Autumn had no patience for his arrogance, you don’t know, then let’s leave it at that. Just like I don’t get why you suddenly decided to chat me up–and honestly, I don’t care to find out
Then, the pointed toward a nearby sign that read “No Talking”
Jayden’s empreson darkened, his jawtight an se vanished. The shit in his mood was so obvious that even the other library–goers nearby started glancing over Tayden was one of Damien’s closest friends, and Autumn had never been close in him. However, they’d always kept up the police facade. Then again, thur was in the past. Now that her marriage to Damien was over, Autumn wanted distance from everything and everyone tied to him. Hence, she
the had
zero patience for
In fact, bursed under all the composed silence of the past, then was a long–simmering rage inside her and right now, Jayden’s attitude gave her a reason to let a little of it out Without sparing him another glance, the turned and waford away. She had better things to do–like earning that one milion dollars.
Later, Fariden beft the library and went to find Emilia. As expected, he encour
ncountered Damien there
derung his troutded expression, Dumnaked. “Wur’s wing
Tayden repled, “You probably won’t be happy if 1 sell you.”
sanoadening Bod and didn’t look up. “Go ahead Banden won’t mind.”
Täyden roughly resounded what had just happened, though of course, he left out the parts where Autumn had put him in his place. He glanced at Emilia, and when he mentioned Autumn, his your favedcold and modding “People always want to jose what they lack most. Autumn is probably trying to imitate you.”
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