"I'll pick you up after work today!"
Instinctively, I wanted to say no.
"No need. I have to work overtime today."
"Till when?"
"Eight o'clock. It'll be late. You don't have to come pick me up. It's too troublesome."
"I'll wait for you downstairs at eight o'clock!" She quickly ran away as if afraid of being rejected by me.
In order to get my story straight, I took out the review materials and studied hard in the office after work.
I was so involved that I lost track of time.
"Hey, Danny, are you still busy? We're downstairs."
It was Austin. He always used his cleverness to subtly mock that I was inferior to him.
I went downstairs and naturally sat in the back seat after opening the car door.
As long as Austin was there, I'd never sit in the front passenger seat.
I did question Lara.
"Have you ever considered my feelings when you let your male best friend sit in the front passenger seat?"
"Danny, you're a grown man, OK? Stop being so petty. Austin gets carsick. Can't you humor him? There's nothing between me and him..."
I said nothing after I got in the car.
Austin said.