A rejection 2

Robert walked past Noelia, who was only a few meters away from her husband's office.

"Wait, Robert," she said, noticing the items in his hands as Robert stopped. She approached him, for Robert did not step back to where she was. "How long has it been since we've seen you?" Her sweet voice carried a tinge of insincerity, coupled with a low tone meant to avoid being heard by her husband. Noelia came from a good family and met Cedric while he was teaching classes at the university, thanks to a part-time job he had while about to graduate. She was just starting university. Falling in love with Cedric was as natural as breathing for her, given Cedric's attractiveness, intelligence, and attentiveness, though he harbored some secrets and was reluctant to open up to others, trusting almost exclusively in his mother. He didn't even maintain close contact with Mr. Graham, his father, since the divorce between his parents happened when he was very young, and his father immediately started anoth