Chapter 1The Mind-Reading Crush

During finals week, my crush happened to sit across from me.

On the surface, I was studying. Internally, I was screaming "Hubby."

[Hubby's Adam's apple is so big, I wanna kiss it. Speaking of big, I wonder if Hubby's...]

[Gray sweatpants really do show everything!]

[Ugh, studying is torture. I just want Hubby to punish me.]

What I didn't know was that my aloof crush could hear every thought.

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College finals week.

In the library.

My brain was fried from cramming.

Open book—

[Napoleon and Josephine.]

Close book—

[Napoleon married Josephine?]

[Wait, wasn't Josephine also involved with someone else? Imagine the drama back then. History is basically a soap opera.]

[Ahhh, I'm going crazy! This is why I didn't study for the first sixteen weeks, isn't it? Too much celebrity gossip! Ugh, brain, memorize this! I really don't want to fail!]

[College wins. I didn't even care this much about the SATs, but college finals are mandatory passing? Someone set me up.]

"Tsk, who is that? Can you shut up?"

Sitting opposite me, the campus heartthrob, Paxton, slammed his book on the table. He stood up slowly, frowning as he scanned the room coldly.

The other students were instantly silenced, too scared to even breathe.

After all, the Pei family donated five lab buildings to the school. No one messed with the eldest son of the Pei family.

Being closest to him, my mind went blank for a second.

[Huh? Was someone talking and disturbing Hubby? Why didn't I hear it? Did my mental reciting bother him?]

[But I was reciting in my head! I didn't make a sound!]

[Forget it, maybe I flipped the pages too loudly and annoyed Hubby's eyes. I should move. It would be a disaster if Hubby hated me.]

While thinking this, I packed my books into my bag and stood up to leave.

Paxton narrowed his long, handsome eyes, glanced down at me, a flicker of darkness passing through his gaze.

"Sorry, miss. I must be hallucinating from stress. Didn't scare you, did I?"

He called out to stop me.