She then looked up at him, tilting her chin slightly:
“Lead the way!”
Thompson Miguel paused, nodded, and stepped forward to guide her.
Moore Audrey followed him into the study. Thompson Miguel let her sit down first, then turned to go out and brought over another chair, sitting down next to her.
He raised his hand to take out a test paper from a folder, found a few sheets of draft paper, placed them in front of her, and glanced at her, saying:
“Do you want to look at the test paper again?”
Moore Audrey thought for a moment while looking at the test paper, then nodded.
“Let’s take a look again…”
Thompson Miguel slid the test paper towards her, and Moore Audrey lowered her head to study it seriously.
Thompson Miguel sat beside her, raising his eyes to watch her. After staring at her for a while, when he saw her move, he immediately shifted his gaze away, then let his eyes fall back on her face.
His index finger, resting on the table, gently lifted.
Just then, Moore Audrey finished looking at the test paper, turned to him, and nodded: “All done…”
Thompson Miguel took the test paper back and asked her to point out the questions. Moore Audrey raised her hand and pointed to a few questions on the test paper.
The coolness of the girl’s arm brushed against his skin, causing the boy to stiffen slightly, straightening his body, and then he continued to explain the questions to her with focus.
After finishing the questions, Moore Audrey wrote an assignment, while the boy had already moved to the floor-to-ceiling window to read.
Once Moore Audrey finished her assignment, she looked up and saw the boy by the window, resting her chin on the table and staring at him for a while, secretly admiring his stunning looks, before lowering her head to open the video app on her phone.
She clicked on the drama she hadn’t finished watching last night, which was currently a hit youth romance campus drama called “So Much Like,” featuring two academic stars whose love story was sweet.
Although… Moore Audrey also had a sweet couple like that in real life, for example… her family’s Moore Luis and his wife.
Meanwhile, Thompson Miguel had been reading for a long time, slowly lifting his head to look at the girl, noticing she was happily watching her phone, his brows slightly furrowing.
After thinking for a moment, he put down his book and walked closer to her.
Moore Audrey was so engrossed that she didn’t notice his movement until he stood beside her, watching her phone for a while.
When Moore Audrey smiled, she sensed something was off, turned her head, and was startled to see him.
“When did you get here?”
Thompson Miguel paused, meeting her gaze: “Just now… What are you watching?”
Moore Audrey turned back, her eyes returning to her phone:
“Currently a popular drama… Want to watch it?”
Thompson Miguel looked at the screen, pondered for a moment, then nodded and sat down in the chair next to her.
Moore Audrey glanced at the distance between them, and to accommodate Thompson Miguel, she moved her chair closer to him.
Then she placed her phone between them, leaned over, and hit play.
Thompson Miguel found it hard to stretch out his limbs, so he shrank back for a moment, unable to resist raising his hand behind him.
At that moment, the girl was watching intently, and Thompson Miguel paused for a while, slowly resting his hand on the back of her chair.
Then his gaze shifted back to the girl’s phone, thinking: this position feels pretty good.
After finishing this episode, Moore Audrey turned to the boy and asked:
“What time is it now?”
Thompson Miguel was taken aback, discreetly retracting his arm, just as he was about to raise his hand to check the time, the girl beside him tapped her forehead and murmured:
“I’m really silly… I could just check my phone…”
Then she turned to look at Thompson Miguel, smiling as she said:
“Sorry about that…”
She then lowered her head to check the time, stood up from her seat, and while packing her things, said:
“How about we call it a day? I’ll head home now…”
Thompson Miguel looked up at her, paused for a few seconds, and suddenly raised his hand to grab her arm.
Moore Audrey turned her head, meeting his eyes.
The boy averted his gaze, looking at the white wall behind her.
The words that came out felt unlike his own:
“How about… we try treating my facial paralysis again today?”
Moore Audrey paused, thought for a moment, and quickly smiled in agreement:
“Sure!”
