"Thank you, for the food," Alexis could barely spell out the word as she got up from the chair.
"I think I should leave now. I have other plans," she added as she didn't want to be distracted anymore even though her mind kept replaying a few words she wished she didn't hear. Her lips quivered to say a lot of things she wanted to say, but she simply chose not to.
So be it.
What situation can be possibly better than this?
Everything was loud and clear for her confused mind to put an ease. She doesn't need to overthink about anything anymore for absolutely no fu*king reason.
"Where do you wanna go? Let me drop you there," Arthur dragged down his rolled out sleeves and picked up her jacket which she put off a while ago, extending it so she could wear them.
Alexis at first thought she would just take the jacket and wear it herself, but he must have wanted to help her as a mere friendly gesture. Without being friends.
