Chapter 10 In The Professor's Gaze

• As Erica glanced at her phone, the caller ID caught her attention, revealing the name "Mark," her ex-boyfriend. An immediate wave of disgust crossed her face, and without a moment's hesitation, she decisively ended the call, placing the phone aside with a firm motion.
• "No way am I dealing with that liar again, never!" She thought, a clear sense of frustration echoing in her mind. The idea of any communication with her deceitful ex-boyfriend held no appeal for Erica.
• Later in the day, Lisa entered the dorm room after her class, finding Erica in a state of repeated sighs. Lisa, intrigued by Erica's evident trouble, couldn't resist asking, "What's going on, Erica? Why all the heavy sighs? Something bothering you?"