I lied

Any other woman would have been shocked by his sudden scream. 

Perhaps felt like she said something she shouldn't say, but not this one. 

"No, you shut up!" Clara screamed back at him. 

As if they were mortal enemies, their eyes bored into each other as if they are waiting for the host of a fighting competition to give permission for them to start fighting. 

Leo was about to lose it, but recalled that all this woman want was to provoke him from the start. He must admit to himself that she really tried this time around, because she poke the spot he hated the most. 

He doesn't joke with his friends' life, not to mention Mick, who was like his whole world. 

He had no idea Clara wouldn't mind riding the elevator with him, which was why he didn't bother inviting her, so that it wouldn't seem like a force. 

"What do you want Clara?" he asked, only to hear her ask him back, "what did I want?"