Grow Silent

They said that the couple had gone home together and stayed together before going out the next morning for breakfast.

Who has breakfast at twelve noon? He thought grudgingly. After he had apologized and analyzed the situation, he finally approved the statement. It was short and needed to be crafted in a way that didn't make Julia look bad, and at the same time, told that there was no relationship between them.

It was early in the morning and he was finally going through his messages. He saw Rin's message and quickly opened it.

[Please call me.] She had written. He looked at the clock and knew that she would still be awake. It was eleven and nowhere near the time she went to bed.

[I'm so sorry for this afternoon. Something urgent came up and I couldn't make it at the last minute.] He typed out quickly. He couldn't really call her in front of his staff, so he just texted her instead.

He waited for a couple of minutes. No reply came.