‘ What's he saying? Why would he be affected by what he did? She eyed him in her mind.

‘ Get yourself together!’ she then yelled at herself inwardly, upset at how nervous she suddenly is, stumbling on her own words even after she has practiced what to say a million times.

But with his gaze on her like that, like he was staring right into her soul.

She looked up again. Her breath hitched. Her palm got more sweaty and her heart was beating even faster, as if a heart attack was on the way.

It doesn't feel like he was looking at her. It felt like he was...