I lowered my eyes and said as if nothing had happened, "I didn't put too much effort into it. I'm going back to work."
"Okay, I'll accompany you there."
Patrick's voice trailed off as well.
However, he held my key tightly in his hand as if he dared not to give it to me.
There was only one day away from the deadline of submittig the work.
My work was almost done. And I modified a few parts of it after rendering it.
Finally, I got to the service desk before noon and copied it to the computer used for the competition.
Jeremy was in charge here.
When he saw me, he smiled and said, "Miss Archer, thank you for what you did for me last time."
"It's okay. It's not your fault. It's his fault."
I waved my hands. I didn't dare to talk to Jeremy further at the thought that Patrick might appear like a ghost at any time.
After I was done copying the work onto the computer, I came out and happened to see Mabel.
She was going insi
