"Do you want to accompany Desmond?" Lucy asked Zaria when she learnt about Desmond's business trip.
"It's alright. I can't always compromise work just to be with him. It's not like he isn't coming back." Zaria placed the files on Lucy's desk and retreated two steps.
Lucy crossed her arms and leaned back in her chair. "Good. I wasn't planning to give you the time off anyway."
Zaria was rendered speechless by her reaction. If she was not planning to give her a day off, then why did she ask?
Lucy smiled at her expression. Not wanting to completely ruin her daughter's fun, she took the files and started looking through them. "When you are done, you can go to see him off at the airport. I don't want you to think that your mother is too heartless to let you see your boyfriend."
"But the meeting…" Zaria hesitated. It wasn't because she didn't want to go, but because she didn't want to look too excited about it.
