I placed my hand on the paper and slowly shifted it back across the table.
"I can't."
"What...?" Wren seemed incredibly confused and shocked by my unexpected response for some reason.
"I can't drop out. I won't. I can't give up either." Slowly, I shook my head resolutely.
Wren's gaze became fiercer at my resistance, it felt like she would eat me alive!
"Do you have any idea what you are saying or doing to yourself?" Her flat tone grew sharper, laced with an evident chill that could make one hold their breaths.
But.
"Perhaps. Perhaps not. You may be right."
My mind was calm, my heart was settled. I was unfazed at the end of it all.
Wren's expression flickered as if she hadn't been expecting me to give an actual reply. All this while I had lowered my gaze to prevent meeting directly with her eyes since she showed me the paper.
But this time, I slowly raised my head and calmly met her gaze.
