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BENEDICT

"You look bad."

I travelled my head to Bethany right away who just joined me at the dining table.

"So do you." I answered cheekily.

Bethany walks closer to me and replied, "No."

"You look way way bad than I do." She adds.

I take a sip from my orange juice and just ignored her because if I keep on talking with her, she will get mad at me for what I did last night for Sebastian to be with Thea.

"And why are you still here? Shouldn't you be in the office?" She asks.

I groan as I rested my back on my chair. "I'm calling it a day off."

Bethany bursted into laughter. "Day off?"

I glanced at her and just finished my glass.

"Seriously." She exclaims. "You're the only person I know who doesn't and never takes a day off from work."

I try to ignore her again and just continued eating with my salad. She looks at me eagerly now and I think she is trying to study my face. But I have always been great in hiding and concealing my feelings.

"Dark circles." She points out. "Dry and dark ski