Chapter18:Luring Her 

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“Caleb?” Savannah noticed the flush on his ears; his expression was unlike anything she’d seen. before.“What was Evelyn yelling about?” 

His expression was enigmatic.“She’s still giving me a hard time.” He even questioned if it was really Evelyn on the other end. 

“Evelyn’s probably menopausal, Savannah chuckled. They say women age faster after having kids.” 

After her outburst, Evelyn handed the phone to the community manager, who froze.She gestured for him to take it and he practically fled, afraid he’d get yelled at too. Evelyn wanted to leave the villa. “Let’s visit my professor, okay, Lily?” 

“Okay!” 

Evelyn called Damon before leaving, buying flowers and high–quality Xuan paper for Professor Sterling. 

noticed 

At the Sterling residence, Damon wasn’t there; a maid greeted her.Passing the foyer, Evelyn whiteboard with math problem. The maid asked her to wait. Moments later, the maid returned looking embarrassed. Professor Sterling just took his medication. He’s a little weak. Should Ms. Reed wait a while?” 

Evelyn’s heart sank; he didn’t want to see her. 

She agreed to wait and was shown to the foyer She sat problem on the whiteboard. 

time, her attention drawn to the 

Ten minutes later, she picked up a marker and began writing. She was immersed in the problem–until a voice interrupted her. 

“What are you doing?!“Several young men stood behind her.One with glasses strode toward her.“Are you the new maid?Why are you touching our things?“He snatched the marker from her hand. 

Evelyn retreated. I’m sorry, I didn’t know…” 

“Typical new maid! Don’t touch anything here. If even one piece of paper is missing, you can’t afford to replace it!” 

The other men tried to calm him down.They checked their belongings.Evelyn took Lily’s hand to wait. 

about to wipe the equations, but stopped. 

One student picked up an eraser, 

eraser, about 

“Senior, look!She seems to have solved it.” 

“What?“They crowded around, staring at the board. 

“Wow!” someone exclaimed.“Did the maid write this? She… she… she solved Professor Sterling’s problem?!” 

They rushed to find Evelyn. 

“How did you solve this?” 

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“Are you Professor Sterling’s student?” 

Someone dismissed that.“Professor Sterling doesn’t take female students.She’s definitely not.” 

Evelyn said firmly, Professor Sterling doesn’t discriminate.” 

“He hasn’t taken female students since 2020.One of his female students quit to marry into wealth, making him a laughingstock in academia.” 

“Shhh!“The 

hallway fell silent.Evelyn saw Professor Sterling leaning against the doorframe, watching her.She felt breathless. 

Je was wearing a dark blue cotton robe; he was thin and stooped, his hair completely White.Evelyn opened her mouth to call him “Professor,” but stopped.She didn’t deserve to. 

Her vision blurred. 

“Hello, Grandpa!“Lily’s cheerful voice cut through the tension. “You’re the brilliant educator, outstanding mathematician, Professor Sterling, Mommy always talks about!” expression softening. 

Professor 

Sterling stared at Lily’s cherubic 

“Your daughter?” 

face, his 

Evelyn responded, “Yes, my daughter, Lily.” 

Someone exclaimed, “Professor, she solved your problem!” 

Professor Sterling walked towards the foyer.Evelyn noticed he walked steadily, unlike what Damon had described.He examined Evelyn’s soluti is shoulders trembling slightly. 

“You haven’t forgotten what I taught you.” 

The more she hadn’t forgotten, the more he regretted her decision. 

Evelyn looked at the whiteboard.“I thought I’d forgotten everything, but seeing the problem, the formulas just came back to me.” 

‘She’s really his student?!” The students whispered. 

“She isn’t!” Professor Sterling insisted.On the day Evelyn left her Ph.D. program, he’d made her swear never to mention his name. 

Silence fell. He looked at Evelyn coldly.“Come inside.“He didn’t want to speak to her in front of his students. 

In his living room, he asked, “I heard you divorced Mr. Reed.” 

Evelyn nodded, “I left the Reed family.” 

“What are your plans?” 

“I’m looking for work,” she confessed. “But I only have a bachelor’s degree, and I’ve been a housewife… 

He’d had high hopes for her, only to be disappointed.All his students were exceptional, recognized nationally and in their fields.She’d been his most promising student before choosing love, dropping out of academia for five years, and now, a divorced single mother struggling to find even a manual labor job. 

He scoffed, “You brought this on yourself!” 

Evelyn agreed, “I did.” She smiled wryly. “I have another request. 

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He frowned; what nerve did she have? 

“I have several patents I want to sell for a good price.” 

While there was demand, as a housewife, she lacked the leverage to negotiate. She needed Professor Sterling’s reputation. 

He scoffed, “I won’t help you sell your patents.” 

Evelyn’s eyes fell; his refusal wasn’t surprising.He had his pride. 

A magnetic voice cut through the air. “Dad, why are you sitting here? Let me help you to bed.” 

rofessor Sterling’s eyebrows rose in surprise as his son, Damon, entered, looking surprisingly refreshed.Damon passed Evelyn without a glance.Evelyn noticed his back and waist were damp; the thin white T–shirt clung to his skin, revealing a faint pink hue. 

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