Summary
By my second year as Lu Xu’s canary, I wanted a promotion.
After all, a patron with money, looks, and a steady temper was hard to come by.
Just as I’d pulled out every trick I knew and finally had him trailing after me like a puppy, acting out some over-the-top ride-or-die romance, word came from the Canary Academy-
His untouchable first love, the one studying in Germany, had poisoned herself with wild mushrooms.
Now she was crying, throwing a fit, and demanding to come home, so I was told to pack my things and disappear.
Behind me, my blissfully unaware patron finally lifted his head from his diligent work, looking nowhere near satisfied.
“Good girl-a little wider.”