Chapter 51
The Return
(Maya’s POV)
“I’m serious, Jason, I can’t take this anymore,” I said into my phone as I walked briskly across the university courtyard. The afternoon air was crisp, but the frustration burning in my chest made me feel flushed. “If Dean Poilievre says one more disrespectful thing to me, I swear I’m quitting.”
Jason sighed loudly on the other end. “Maya, don’t say that. You’ve worked so hard for this position.”
“I know,” I muttered, weaving through clusters of students chatting in French and English. “But it’s not worth it if I have to keep putting up with him. He talks to me like I’m beneath him. He questions every project I submit and dismisses every idea I have. It’s exhausting.”
“He’s just testing you,” Jason offered. “He does this with everyone.”
“Not like t
