Manuel's eyes were filled with a sense of loss. He could do so much for Ainsley, but the one thing he didn't want to hear was this "thank you," which felt distant and overly polite.
"Don't ever say those two words again," Manuel said, hurt.
Ainsley gave him a puzzled look, wondering what craziness he was up to now.
"Aisy, between us..."
"By the way, Roman, did you find anything on that USB drive?" She nervously interrupted Manuel's words, not wanting to hear any more of that.
Upon seeing Manuel's injured expression, she unexpectedly felt somewhat... moved, which was quite uncontrolled.
Roman hurriedly said, "Not yet, I've been busy trying to find the owner of the number. I've tried the USB drive, but there's a self-destruct program set up inside, so I don't dare to mess with it for now."
"I understand."
Upon descending the stairs, Manuel came out with them.