Try to make me cry
He clearly wanted to broker peace, seeing two powerful people having a misunderstanding.
“I was just keeping Maggie company,” Julian tried to make light conversation, seeing the intense tension between us. “You two have such... focus. The way you look at each other is really something. You almost seem to share the same behavior, just pointed in opposite directions.”
Eddie dismissed him entirely, leaning past him to speak directly to me. “You should have checked your phone, Maggie. Don't waste people's time.”
“It finished updating,” I countered, equally cold.
Julian tried again, he was thinking it was because of him sitting there with her that caused this, attempting to steer the conversation
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