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We finally picked her items and rose to our full height.
“Don’t worry about it.” She faced the door. I did, too.
There was silence for a while until she spoke again.
“You’re the secretary.”
I nodded.
“You’re on the papers.”
I swallowed. Then nodded.
She shook her head with a stifled breath. “The media, they’d do anything for attention.”
Her words surprised me. She wasn’t judging. I didn’t know what to say.
“Don’t let it get to you.”
I was even more surprised.
These days, there weren’t many people that cared about you. All they wanted was to chase clout.
This stranger was different.
“Thank you.” That was the only thing I could breathe.
She turned to me with another smile. “It’s fine, Evie.”
The elevator dinged open. She walked out without looking back.
The silence was all I was left with as I waited for the car to arrive on my floor. Shortly after, I arrived.
The walk from his office to mine was the fastest I’d walked in my entire life.
I walked as if he could see me through his doors.
You’re right; I was avoiding him... And I intended to continue doing that, but I didn’t know how.
My chair was the first thing that called me when I entered. I immediately plopped down on the chair, still thinking of Judy.
Emma would have probably said the same thing Judy had said.
She probably hadn’t seen the news. Maybe she was swamped with tasks. The Emma I know would be constantly blowing up my phone for gist.
Sneaking a glance at my phone now felt like the right thing to do.
Ignoring the prick in my head at the slight thought that I should call my father was painful. Yet I did.
I didn’t have time to soliloquize when the door opened.
The hammering in my heart reduced when I noticed it was Gwen.
I waited for the frown to coat my face at her presence, but nothing came. Though she’d set me up, none of this was her fault.
“You look like you want me to drop dead.”
Uh uh.
