บท 200: False Hope

[Inside Ben's Car] 

After entering the car, both of them did not say anything. They just stayed in their seats, stealing glances from each other from time to time. 

"Does your office get off this late everyday?" Ben inquired as he glanced at his wrist watch. It was almost 1:00 am. 

"No—" Tina shook her head. "I was working on a project with my team." 

Contemplating for a while, she inquired, "When did you come?" 

"Around 8." 

She widened her eyes in shock and looked at him. "Why didn't you call me?"

"Would you answer my call if I had?" When he looked at her with his cute puppy sad eyes, her heart melted like wax. She started feeling guilty for ghosting the guy for a whole week. Maybe she had gone overboard. Maybe she overreacted. 

"You could have at least dropped a message," she remarked. "I would have seen it."