220 CH 219: Apology Gone Sour

Eve ruffled her hair and buried her hands in it, her head bowing over the desk.

Weeks had gone by since her last conversation with Ambryan at the park. Their work relationship was a rewind to their first year together. Neither of them spoke unless necessary. Even then, communication stayed mostly non-verbal. She stayed a distance whenever they walked around and retreated to the shadows.

Between them, she believed she had it harder. 

His messages to Evangeline hadn't changed for one. Work was never the topic whenever he reached out to her. But she could tell—well, she knew—this current setting bothered him a lot. And she did her best to distract him from it or cheer him up.

As time went on, it became more difficult to pretend that Evangeline was still the same.