"You don't have to worry about it. We're all adults, and if I can't catch up with you, I'll know when to back off." With a few words, Vincent eased the awkwardness.
Ranita thought that Vincent was very insightful.
He was truly a wonderful person.
"Vincent, you're really well-traveled," Ranita laughed and gave him a thumbs up.
"Does that earn me extra credit?" Vincent asked.
Ranita continued to smile and joked, "It does."
"Well then!"
As they chatted, they arrived at the faculty dormitory. The professor was surprised to see them together at his door. "Weren't you guys going out for dinner? Why are you here?"
"After dinner we wanted to come see you. We didn't disturb you did we?" Vincent spoke gently.
"No no! Come on in! It's quite coincidental actually. Mia is here too! You young people can chat."
Ranita raised an eyebrow. Mia?
Following the professor inside, Ranita saw Mia whom she hadn't seen in several days. She greeted Ranita with enthusiasm, "Ranita!"
"And who is this?"
The professor quickly introduced them but Vincent wasn't particularly warm towards Mia and after greeting her, he accompanied the professor for tea instead of joining their conversation.
Vincent knew about Ranita's plan of opening a studio with Mia before but now that she had stopped doing it. He wanted to ask why but since they were in front of the professor, he refrained from asking further questions.
The three casually chatted for a while without bringing up anything between Ranita and Mia while in front of the professor.
Halfway through their conversation, Brendon called Ranita on her phone, "Ranita, are you still not home yet?" Brendon's voice sounded displeased over the phone line, "Where have you been?"
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