All Chapters of He Rejected Me In Public : Chapter 11 - Chapter 12

Monday morning arrived with an unusual silence. There was no "Good morning" text from Noah, no reminder to eat breakfast, and no random message asking how she had slept. Ava stared blankly at her phone while buttering a slice of toast, greeted by absolutely nothing. She wasn't entirely surprised; after yesterday's disastrous lunch, she had expected things to be awkward, but she still couldn't deny that she missed those little habits. With a quiet sigh, she slipped her phone into her handbag and headed out the door for work.Noah wasn't having a better morning. He had barely slept, and every time he closed his eyes, Ava's last message replayed in his mind like a warning: I've done enough waiting. He knew she hadn't written it out of anger, and that was what made it so much worse—she had written it because she genuinely meant it.A sharp knock interrupted his thoughts, and his assistant stepped into the office to remind him that the board meeting started in ten minutes. As Noah gathered