Resent, Reject, Regret

Glenna had just realized that Declan was really waiting for her downstairs. She could not bear to go through the reports anymore because she could not figure out Declan’s goal in coming here.

‘He’s not going to choose to let Deirdre find out the truth, nor is he going to change anything. Is he here to convince me, then? Am I really that important?’

At that thought, Glenna patted her face and suppressed the ineffable feeling in her chest. She headed to the restroom to wash her face.

It was already time to get off work by the time she returned to the office. A group of colleagues were discussing the dinner location and asked for Glenna’s opinion.

She shook her head and said, “Count me out. I still didn’t get around to amending the project, so I’m going to put in the extra hours for a while. You guys can go ahead”

‘You shouldn’t trouble yourself too much either. If you really can’t finish it, you can do it tomorrow morning. We will only need to hand it in next week anyway, so there is no rush.”

just wanted to hide from

amended and saved the documents that she had managed to go through,

glance. He was dressed in a suit and had a tall, slender figure. His fingers were frozen

can head to dinner

trembling, and she was having a hard time speaking. Declan said

and as soon as they sat down, Declan unboxed the dessert and asked, “Would you like to try this? I heard this is their most recommended

pushed the dessert to Glenna, but she did not accept it. On the contrary, she raised her head and asked, “Can you tell

just the two of us, even after being acquainted with

Glenna found it cynical.

never happened, she would have been so delighted that her hands would shake if Declan were to

impression of someone based on their