Jade
"Don't tie your hair up," Devon's sudden voice buzzed through the room, causing me to flinch, my hands freezing halfway with the tie in my grip.
"Wait, what?" I looked at him bewildered. So his attention wasn't on his laptop as he was pretending? Instead, it was on me? Damn him! He almost made me believe that his focus was solely on his work. I too tried my best to concentrate on my tasks, arranging their schedule for tomorrow, a slew of meetings and other obligations as usual.
"It looks better when it's left down," Devon said casually, as if we were having a regular conversation over coffee, his eyes still fixed on the laptop, his finger tapping at the mouse. To be painfully, utterly honest- his nonchalance grated on my fucking nerves. I wanted to kill him- slowly and painfully.