Claudia POV
"I didn't know you had the same taste as I did back in university," I commented while my eyes kept wandering around. "I remember telling you about my dream of owning a Japanese-style penthouse. Did you take inspiration from it or—"
Ray suddenly stopped in his tracks. He looked over his shoulder and glared at me as if I had said something offensive.
"Don't think too highly of yourself, Claudia. You are not that special for me to cater to your silly dreams from more than a decade ago," Ray retorted. "I bought this penthouse for convenience, and it came with this Japanese-style design. I don't have time to renovate it, so I just left it as it is."
"R-right… sorry…" I apologized immediately. My ears and cheeks must have been red from embarrassment.
