35 × We'll Get Through This

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"Shit. I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"It's kind of, my fault." Jessi sighed in frustration as she sat in front of his desk. At this point there was no one else to blame for their current situation.

Reclining in his swivel chair, Jenson squinted at her and placed his phone on the desk. "What?"

"I should've sat far away from Jonah...after he told me he was at a party. He sat close to me again during lunch."

"But you wore a mask the entire day."

"Yeah, but no eye covering," she muttered while absently toying with a pen. "Sorry."

"I'm fine." Jenson frowned as if bothered by her apology. He sat behind his desk, no longer wearing a face mask.

What's the point? They already caught the bug just because someone on their creative team couldn't stay hunkered down at home for another night. Besides, the room felt stuffier than usual now. Perhaps they'd just been too cooped up in this office after another busy work week.

Thus her unpleasant thoughts and feelings. She felt fine, though. No