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I froze at the question, instinctively trying to pull my wrist back–but he just gripped it tighter.
His palm was warm, calloused, and oddly strong for a teenager.
“I’m not avoiding you.‘
kept my voice as calm as possible. “It’s just–we don’t really know each other. There’s nothing to talk about.”
That was the truth.
In our last life, even after marriage, we probably exchanged fewer than fifty proper sentences.
He was always busy with the Giorgio family.
I was always trying to please him. We were like two parallel lines, forced under one roof but never truly connected.
Anderson frowned.
The streetlight cast a small shadow under the bridge of his nose.
“Don’t know each other?”
He repeated the words, voice low, with something I couldn’t quite place.
“We’ve sat in the same classroom since Grade 10–almost two years. You don’t even say hi when we pass.
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“One time, a friend asked me who you were… and I couldn’t
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I stayed silent.
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How was I supposed to tell him I’d seen him love someone else in another life, that I’d always been a stand–in–and that this time, I just wanted to stay far, far away?
Then he switched topics. “During the competition, you solved the last question using an auxiliary line trick. That was a method I used in Grade 9. Only our teacher knew it,” he said, eyes fixed on my face.
I’d seen it in his old notebook last lifetime, back when I was cleaning his study.
I’d even memorized it, hoping that maybe one day it would give us something to talk about.
I never thought I’d actually use it now.
“Just a coincidence,” I said, quickly looking away. “Came across something similar while practicing.”
He stared at me for a long moment, then finally let go.
“Maybe,” he said quietly.
He turned and headed into the hotel. His voice drifted back over his
shoulder.
“Get some rest. Don’t miss your flight tomorrow.”
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I stood there watching until he disappeared through the revolving doors, only then exhaling slowly.
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My palms were damp. His warmth still lingered wrist.
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Back in my room, I flopped onto the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze.
Anderson’s reaction today was weird. Why did he care whether I was avoiding him?
Was it because I beat him for the top spot?
Or the way I solved that question?
I couldn’t figure it out.
So I pulled out the book list Professor Jeremy gave me after the competition. I flipped a couple of pages and got lost in it.
Aerospace was like an endless galaxy. Once you dive in, everything else fades.
Life was finally getting back on track.
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