No More Layovers for a Love That Won't Land novel Chapter 29

Chapter 29

Freya didn’t know about Matteo’s return. Nobody had told her.

It had been half a month since she moved out of the villa. During this time, she had gradually grown accustomed to and come to enjoy the quiet, leisurely life of living alone.

Today was weekend, and she had slept in a bit. After getting up and washing, she opened the curtains to find perfect

sunshine outside.

She stretched, watered her plants, and was about to make herself a simple breakfast when the doorbell rang. It was

Mrs. Smith from across the hall.

“Freya, hope I didn’t disturb you?”

Freya replied gently: “Not at all, I was already awake.”

“That’s good.” Mrs. Smith warmly said: “These are freshly made pies and pasta from our home this morning. Brought some for you to try.”

“Thank you, this is too kind.”

“It’s the least we could do. If you hadn’t saved our Tommy from that mad dog the other day, who knows what would have happened.

We’ve been wanting to properly thank you, but my husband and I have been so busy with work, we couldn’t find the time… we feel quite embarrassed…”

“It was nothing, Mrs. Smith, you’re too kind.”

After some more pleasantries, Mrs. Smith left.

Back inside, Freya ate breakfast while studying the algorithmic mechanism of an AI system she’d been researching

recently.

In the afternoon, a news notification about T University’s centennial celebration popped up on her phone.

Freya paused, checked the date, and realized it was indeed T University’s birthday.

Checking online, she found several trending topics about #T University Centennial#.

The celebration’s high publicity wasn’t just because T University was the country’s top university, with every move closely watched, but also because this was its first centennial celebration.

As a result, an exceptional number of honorary alumni had been invited back for the ceremony.

These honorary alumni were prominent figures across various fields.

Freya looked at the screen several times. Her hands trembled holding the phone as she recognized several familiar

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faces in the footage.

Memories of her university days flooded back. Her heart suddenly felt chaotic.

Even if she returned now, she feared she couldn’t keep up with current developments, let alone lead the industry as

she once had.

Though Johnny and Freya had rarely met in recent years, even from their few encounters, he could see how far she

had fallen from her former brilliant self.

Thinking of how Freya used to be, Johnny never dreamed that the word “insecurity” would one day apply to her.

He didn’t know much about Freya and Matteo’s married life. But he knew enough.

Though he had his suspicions, he didn’t voice them, instead speaking earnestly: “It’s okay to fall behind temporarily. Your ability and talent aren’t comparable to ordinary geniuses. Mag, as long as you still want to walk this path, it’s

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not too late to start again.”

“Don’t forget, you were the professor’s most satisfying student in his teaching career.”

Freya smiled at this: “If the professor heard that, he’d probably snort and say he was forced to pick the tallest among

dwarfs.”