Later that afternoon, Gareth invited Isla out for lunch. As Isla stepped out of her company building, she sighted Gareth’s shiny black Lexus waiting in the parking lot. Before, he would have been standing outside, and leaning against the body of his car while waiting for her with the warm smile he always wore, but now he simply sat inside the car.These past days he's been trying to act like everyone was fine but he was simply bad at it.Isla sucked in a deep breath, using the fingers on her right hand to hide her ring finger. She entered the car and sat down.“Hey,” Gareth glanced at her very quickly and greeted softly.“Hi,” she forced a smile, also nodding at him briefly while fixing her seatbelt. After she had settled down, Gareth passed her an iPad with a free hand while he drove with his other hand out of the Khan’s Empire building to the road.“Pick the restaurant you'd like to eat at,” he said casually, keeping his eyes straight ahead.Isla only glanced at the menu sharply be
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