Janet was in the middle of a pleasant lunch with her colleagues.

“Lind, your phone’s been ringing for a while now. Someone is probably trying to reach you.” Gerda spoke through a mouthful of beef noodles. She was exceptionally observant by nature, so she was able to hear Janet’s phone even with all the chatter around them.

It was a good thing, too, since Janet herself hadn’t been paying attention to the device.

She picked it up now, and hurriedly opened her screen to a message from Bernie. He was asking her out, saying that he wanted to apologize to her in person.

Janet paused, hesitating.

Bernie had never treated her badly. If anything, he had always tried to do the best for her. He used to speak up for Janet whenever Jocelyn would bully her. He certainly wasn’t as vicious as Fiona or Jocelyn.

of a surprise that he had reached out to her after they had

consideration, Janet typed a reply. She agreed to meet with Bernie at

straight over once

but Bernie seemed to be running late. It

of coffee just as the sun was starting

to give Bernie a

up, she would just leave. It was the rush hour, so Bernie could have

set her coffee on the table. The

It was Kent.

just slid into the chair

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