Voren stayed near the doorway, but his eyes never left her face. "Stanley would not stop insisting that he wanted to thank you personally," he revealed, Seraphine forced a small smile even though she still felt hollow inside.
Then she walked out of the office with Corvine beside her, both of them carrying the same exhaustion, the same grief, and the same silent determination that refused to let them give up.
As Stanley started speaking to Seraphine, Voren stepped closer to Corvine and lowered his voice.
"I see she is falling for you," he murmured, his tone carrying both curiosity and something sharper beneath it. "Why not just tell her how you feel?"
The second the words left his mouth, Voren felt something strange settle inside his chest.
It was an ugly feeling, tight, and uncomfortable. Something he could not explain.
Corvine looked at him for a moment before shaking his head.
