The door slowly opened.
Reiji leaned closer to the laptop screen, his eyes narrowing.
"This wasn't part of the plan."
Aoi, who was still sitting in front of Mayumi's desk, immediately noticed the woman entering the office.
She was a beautiful woman with long dark hair that fell neatly over her shoulders. Her appearance was professional, but there was something about her calm expression that made Aoi instinctively straighten her back.
The woman stopped when she noticed Aoi.
Her eyes briefly moved toward Mayumi before returning to Aoi.
"I'm sorry. I didn't realize you were in the middle of an interview."
Mayumi adjusted her glasses.
"It's fine. You can come in."
The woman stepped inside and closed the door behind her.
Reiji frowned. Something felt wrong. He quickly opened another window on his laptop and pulled up the company's appointment records.
His eyes moved across the screen.
Then stopped.
"...Ah."
He remembered.
