"I fucking hate this."
Vernon had already lost count of how many times he muttered that sentence.
Because the truth was… he really didn't want to admit his defeat, not in this case at least.
He could lie.
In fact, he WOULD lie if it wasn't for Diamond, who stopped him before.
She was right. If he lied to Chloe about this, he'd only delay the inevitable and also have to face Chloe's anger and disappointment, two distinct emotions that Vernon never wanted to appear on Chloe's face.
He took a deep breath to calm himself down and opened the car door.
He grabbed his briefcase and slammed the car door to express his frustration again.
Vernon felt his feet heavy as he walked to the elevator and went up.
Ding!
"Oh, fuck!" Vernon cursed spontaneously when his heart jumped upon hearing the sound of the elevator reaching the top floor. He wanted to laugh at himself for acting like a coward right now.
