Knorr shifted slightly, away from Louise before he heard the latter ask, "What do you think would win me Sonya's forgiveness?"
He looked up and saw Louise still glaring at him. Knorr scratched his head, in a dilemma on how to answer that. He didn't want to give Louise a suggestion that will only backfire.
He calculated his chances of getting into trouble if Sonya does not like anything he asks Louise to do.
Louise was still looking at him, as if the answer would come out of his body rather than his mouth. His frosty expression deepening when Knorr didn't give him immediate answer.
"Have your brain become rusty? where did you keep all the relationship advice you claimed to have?" Louise's voice raised an octave higher.
Knorr forced a smile. He cursed Vera for putting him in this predicament. His tablet chimed but he couldn't look at it, choosing to ignore whatever news or email that might have been sent to him.
