Chapter 42

"I left first," Lucian exhaled a puff of white smoke as he casually replied. "You left? The banquet's not over yet…" Lucian cut him off, "I sent Juju back." Blaine paused, then fell silent. "Oh, I see. Go ahead. I'll hang up now." … Back in her dorm, Julie received a notice from the dorm supervisor telling her to move out by the end of the week. The university needed to prepare the room for the next group of students. She had originally planned to take her time finding a new place, but that didn't seem possible now. She started packing, but she realized her wallet was missing after a while. She sat at her desk, trying to remember where she might have left it. Just then, her phone, which had been charging, buzzed with a new message. It was from Lucian. "Juju, are you going in circles?" Confused, Julie quickly picked up her phone and sent a puzzled emoji. "Shouldn't it take you less than ten minutes to walk from my car to the dorm?" It was then that Julie realized Lucian ha