Twenty-Six

ARIA'S POV

It didn't come as a surprise to me when Lena told me what Nixon did. He liked her a lot and I understand that every other man in his shoes would have been jealous to see Lena with another man, but Lena didn't as she was boiling in anger.

She went ahead to confront Nixon and instead of apologizing to her, he ended up confessing his feelings. I felt bad for him when Lena told him that she rejected him, but I had to also see things from her point of view. If I was also in her shoes, I wouldn't jeopardize my career over a relationship that I wasn't sure would last long.

The rest of that day went with Lena avoiding talking to Nixon in every possible way. She was only forced to talk to him about work and that was it between them. The next day started with Lena ignoring Nixon and greeting Dave with a forced smile when we came across them in the parking lot.

Dave noticed the cup of coffee in my hand and ask me to give it to him in the parking lot so that I won't waste more time b