Chapter 8 Julian's POV First time I saw Wren Hayes was freshman year . She was bright . Warm . Vice president of the student council . [ ] I'd see her on the quad sometimes , feeding stray cats . [ ] She didn't have money - had some ... dead weight guy hanging around her all the time . Sometimes she'd eat nothing but a granola bar for lunch , but she'd still break off half for the cat . ] The cat looked unimpressed . Ate it anyway . [ ] But I remembered her smile . [ ] Senior year , we both got accepted to Cambridge for grad school . ] I wasn't planning on going . when I heard she'd been accepted too ? 4 Yeah . I went . [ ] Planned this whole casual " oh wow , another American , what a coincidence " thing for orientation . [ ] But she never showed up . I looked everywhere . Asked around . [ Turns out she'd turned it down . [ ] At first , I thought maybe it was money . I was ready to set up an anonymous scholarship , pull some strings . ] Then I found out the real reason - that dead weight boyfriend . [ ] From the moment I met him , I didn't like Garrett Reid . [ ] Turns out my gut was right . ] They both enlisted . ] I watched the livestream of that victory party . Watched her get humiliated . ] Couldn't take it anymore . I showed up . She was distant with me . Guarded . ] But I was just happy to finally get her number . [ ] I'd had it before , back in undergrad . But she'd stopped using that one . ] Later , Garrett and that Scarlett girl started tearing her apart online . [ ] 1 texted her . Offered help Chapter 8 She said no . I was about to go scorched earth on both of them anyway when I saw her post - divorce papers and discharge notice . [ ] That's when I had a thought : .. ? Is she going to ... ? I pulled some strings . Found out her flight info . Bought the seat next to hers . ] We didn't talk much on the plane . [ ] But just being near her was enough . [ ] When we landed , she enrolled at Cambridge . Just like I'd hoped . [ ] Thank God I'd kept that faculty position . And then became her professor . She was still distant . Careful . [ ] But better than before . [ ] I knew she'd been hurt : Knew she wasn't ready . But I wasn't in a rush I'd waited this long . And could wait longer . Discover our latest featured short drama reel. Watch now and enjoy the story!