"As if today, both of you are suspended from the VEO for two whole months."
"What?"
I was standing in the room with James as this bombshell of a statement was dropped on us. I did expect something like this but still, a two-month suspension is too severe of a punishment. Also, why was Ai given that suspension? I was the only one who disobeyed direct orders from James, Ai did nothing wrong.
I clenched my fist and took a deep breath calming myself. My eyes fell on Ai seeing her hiding herself behind me from James. I don't know if this was out of self-defence or fear but for some reason the entire time since the morning, she has gotten a lot clingier to me. It wasn't something that bothered me but thinking that we made some progress with Ai to not just obsess over me and open up to even more people was all for nothing.
