The dim light from outside flowed through the window, cast long shadows across the ground floor of the residential complex.
Ves leaned against the cold concrete wall, her arms crossed, her sharp gaze locked on Ryan.
The tension between them was suffocating, thick with unspoken words and hidden motives.
Ves's usually calm demeanor was gone with her hostility was barely contained.
Ryan, however, wore his usual faint smirk, his posture relaxed. He met Ves's glare with a calm, calculating expression, as though he were trying to solve a puzzle.
The silence stretched between them, heavy with the weight of what was to come.
"You've been busy," Ves finally said, her quiet, yet sharp.
Her eyes didn't waver, drilling into Ryan's with quiet intensity.
Ryan tilted his head slightly, with a small, amused smile playing on his lips.
"Busy? I've been helping the group survive, if that's what you mean."
