Chapter 177: Coward

Selma Payne's POV:

I gently knocked on the door, and Aldrich's voice came from behind. "Please let me be alone for a while. Thank you."

"It's me, Aldrich," I said.

He was silent for a few seconds before he opened the door.

"Hello, I heard you canceled today's training, so I came to ask what happened." I pretended to be calm, but my evasive gaze and unnecessary actions had already completely betrayed me.

"You're going on a mission. Why are you still at home? Are you only leaving at night?"

I tried to find a topic to talk about, but when I realized what I had said, I wanted to slap myself.

"I don't mean anything else, it's just that I don't know what I'm talking about, so I'm so embarrassed now. Don't you want to invite me in? It's awkward to be standing at the door like this."

I blurted out a bunch of words like a machine gun. Aldrich silently nodded and gestured for me to enter the room.