Chapter 44. I Did Something Bad

The store wasn't too crowded when they dropped by. To her relief, shopping with Jenson didn't turn into a total nightmare. It was actually relaxing and fun—the opposite of her imagined chaos on their way to the supermarket.

Was it something friends did all the time? Maybe he thought so. Maybe to him, they were more than just work friends now. Or it was just his idea of breaking the ice.

Her confusion morphed into another bunch of qualms and anxiety when he asked her to cook dinner. A little catch-up dinner. In his house. 

Did he simply not care that she just got out of the hospital after getting treatment for a highly contagious disease? Some people had already died, in fact.

Maybe he just didn't believe that she could still be shedding the virus. Unintentionally—of course. "What? Why d'you look kinda scared?" Jenson chuckled and opened the door for her. His wide garage looked dimmer than his front patio.

Scared? "I'm not. I'm just—" Jessi unbuckle