The Girl They Ignored Returned as the Woman Seven Men Would Die For novel Chapter 52

Because it was faculty housing, students occasionally visited their professors, so a young girl like Mika didn't look out of place walking through the grounds.

She stopped in front of an old, six-story building on the north side of Azure Garden.

At a glance, she spotted an elegant, gray-haired woman watering plants in the ground-floor private garden.

Leona Remington, a retired professor from Hudson University.

She had raised a son and a daughter. Her son now ran a tech company abroad, while her daughter had stayed in the country and became a famous film director.

Since her husband passed away three years ago, she had lived here all alone.

Her filial children had repeatedly offered to buy her a new house, but she had always brushed them off, claiming she was used to living here.

Mika pulled her thoughts back, pasted on an innocent smile, and hesitantly walked over, speaking in a timid voice.

"Hello, ma'am. Do you happen to know if there are any apartments for rent in this complex?"

Leona stood up, red plastic watering scoop in hand. Her gentle yet profoundly wise gaze rested lightly on Mika.

True to her history as a Hudson professor, she possessed an inexplicably refined aura, even in her old age.

Her eyes were bright and intelligent, even carrying a hint of sharpness, but the round reading glasses perched on her nose perfectly softened that edge, making her look rather sweet and approachable.

"What do you do, young lady?"

Mika bit her lip and offered a sheepish smile.

"I'm a Kinesiology student at Hudson University. For personal reasons, I don't want to live in the dorms anymore, so I'm trying to find a new place nearby, even just a single room.

But since I'll be living alone, I figured the faculty housing might be a bit safer."

A flicker of temptation crossed Leona's eyes.

Ever since her husband passed, living alone in this complex had been quiet. Her children were busy, her grandson was... well. She inevitably felt lonely sometimes.

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