Chapter 208

The door banged shut, and I jerked, sending the container of pencils to the floor.

When I looked up at the door, it was to see Joey staring at me with concern; he was holding a package that had the company logo forged on it.

I rubbed my tired eyes, going for the floor immediately to gather the pencils back into the container, only to be pricked on my thumb by the sharp end.

"Owwww," I yelped.

Joey quickened his steps towards me before he pulled me up, scolding, "Let it be Elen; I'll take care of it."

"No," I refused, but then he plopped me back on my seat, drew out a napkin, held my thumb, and pressed it against it.

I tried not to look into his face, knowing what I'd see.

"I thought it was just me noticing you're jumpy today until Char asked me to check up on you; now here you are, wounding your thumb" he bent down and began putting the pencils back, "Want to talk about it?"

Even if I wanted to, was I going to tell him that I had tried seduci