Once Mallia Mamet heard those words, she instantly let go of George Flack's hand and stopped linking arms with him, then simply stood there by herself. It was a corridor, but luckily, no one was passing by at that time.
George felt a surge of social anxiety. Why was Mallia just standing here? If she disagreed, she could have just told him. There was absolutely no need to stand there, making things difficult!
"If you didn't want to go by yourself, why didn't you just tell me? Why stand here all alone? Just look at the expression on your face; it's as if I've bullied you, but I clearly haven't done anything."
"You are not allowed to say such things anymore! Since Thomas Yates has entrusted this task to the two of us, we can't just think about running away. If you run off, what am I supposed to do? Facing all this alone, wouldn't that be too cruel?"
