At the end of the school day, Jason’s brain was still half on Aria sprawled across his desk.Hera sat across from him, showing him something on her laptop. “I’ve arranged the numbers to align perfectly.”He looked at the spreadsheet and nodded. “That works.”She hesitated. “We could also—”“No, no need,” he said. “This is fine.”Her brows pinched. “We’re going to have to cut this meeting short, Hera,” he said, sitting upright. “I have to leave early.”,“Oh,” she said, surprised. “Alright. I can finish the grade entries on my own.”“Good,” he said. “Finalize the rubric we drafted, update the LMS, and email me the revised distribution chart by tonight.”“Got it,” Hera said, closing her laptop. “I’ll… see you tomorrow, then.”He nodded, his mind already half out of the conversation.The door closed behind her.He exhaled and leaned back in his chair.He wasn’t leaving early. He just needed the space to think properly.Closing his eyes, he let his mind fill with what happened in the morn
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