49: with Robert

"so about Ivan," Robert started and Aria's body stilled, wondering what he wanted to talk about concerning Ivan because he didn't know him.

"Hm?" She adjusted her position on the bed, staring at him intently.

"So, he was my personal assistant I told you about." Robert informed her.

She struggled to make sense of the words and she knew for a fact that he wasn't joking. So Ivan had worked closely with Robert? Meaning Elanne should know him. She thought about asking Elanne few questions about Ivan and then she decided against it, he wasn't worth it.

"Oh." She simply said. "I wasn't aware." Then she shrugged.

"I know." He nodded. She wondered the kind of conversation Robert and Ivan had had before they walked into the room and whether Ivan had tried to say anything to him that may have given him second thoughts about her.

"He's my ex," she voiced out, the words feeling odd in her mouth.

"I- observed." He stuttered. "He made it quite obvious." As they talked, she noticed that their sentenc