I immediately smiled upon seeing Maudy in front of me. "Since when did you come in?" I asked, unaware of her arrival. Annoyed, Maudy clicked her tongue before finally sitting down in the chair across from me.

"It's been a few minutes, I saw you smiling at your phone all by yourself. I guess you're exchanging messages with someone, considering how radiant your face looks," Maudy said, to which I only replied with a smile, refraining from telling her that I was actually exchanging messages with Gray.

"What's up?" I asked, causing Maudy to glance at the book in front of me momentarily.

"Are you busy?" she inquired.

"Yes, I...