Page 293 of In Love with a Cruel Billionaire

She had already spent a few hours there in the past days, and while Diana had found the time illuminating, it hadn't felt...enough.Something was missing. Something that she had this unshakable conviction of finding somewhere else, but what it was exactly escaped her. She only knew she would recognize it when she found it...

Life's the biggest bully of them all.

Like now.

Diana jerked up in her seat, the words she had heard from one of the women making her heart thud against her chest.

I know right? It just keeps kicking you down, and it never gives you a break.

Before she could think twice of what she was doing, she was already leaning down to tap on one of the women's shoulders and hearing herself say, "Hi."

The two women turned to her in wary surprise. "Yeah?"

"I'm, umm, Diana, a student from Helder Meer. I was wondering if I could interview you..."

"For what?" The Hispanic woman was visibly bewildered.

"That depends," her blonde friend joked at the same time. "How much will you be paying us?"

Diana didn't hesitate, quoting a figure that had the two women gaping, and because she really wanted to make it happen, she added right after, "Free dinner, too."

The blonde threw her head back with a laugh. "For that kind of deal, hon, we'd change our names and rewrite our life stories for you."

Him

THE PROFESSOR COULDN'Treach for his phone fast enough when he saw it vibrate and slide towards the edge of his desk.

Diana:Good night, Professor.

He inhaled deeply and told himself to play it cool. There wasn't any need to reply, and he liked to think she wasn't one of those snowflake types that he thoroughly despised and who would find offense in just about every fucking thing.

So forget what you read and get back to work.

But instead his fingers started moving.

Matthijs:It's two in the morning already.

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