Chapter 2884

Sherman sounded impatient, and Rita could not help but feel like he was mocking her. She did not dare to speak anymore.

She would just chalk her earlier thoughts down as her delusions and refrained from asking Sherman the question she really wanted to ask him.

"Do you have any other questions?"

Sherman knew she still had other doubts when he noted her hesitance, but he did not expect her to shake her head.

"You must be tired. Let me buy you a bottle of water," said Rita.

Sherman did not understand why she looked so upset.

'Shouldn't she be happy to hear that there's nothing going on between me and Claire? Just what the heck is this woman thinking?'

Rita felt sad, especially about her own family. It was not like she could cut them off from her life, but at the same time, she did not have the right to openly express her feelings for Sherman.

She longed to return to the past when they were not bound by so many interests. Back then, she would have asked without hesitation. She was