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Alexander

I had to hold back a flinch as the sound of the door slamming echoed through the room. The ringing continued in my ears continuously. I couldn't tell if it was just the silence.

There was nothing to say. Any words I could have dried off my lips the moment she stared at me, leaving numb silence.

Even the corners of the walls seemed to press me at this moment, the image of her eyes suffocating me. This was foreign. Different. Strange.

Once. Twice. I ground my teeth against each other for ten more times before I finally moved, leaving the meeting room. As I entered the hallway, it was completely empty. Her frame was nowhere to be found, leaving only the brief waft of her scent.

I forced the thought away in favour of moving to my office. The feeling still hadn't gone away when I reached there.

Thinking of her rejection made something clench inside me. A numb weight laid on my insides that I couldn't get rid of.

From the ring of her laughter to her empty words both last night a