The bull by the horn

"Hi……." Cassey flashed a smile as she made her way inside Ava's office, grinning ear to ear while tip-toeing like she was trying to avoid being heard by someone as she shut the door.

"Oh, Cassey," Ava looked a bit startled when she saw her enter, as she tried to take her seat and organize herself while drawing in a few gasps of breath. She was nervous, or maybe tense.

"I came as soon as I saw your visitor leave," Cassey said to her as she took her seat, trying hard not to smile at Ava, whose face was turning red already.

"Oh, yeah. That's……" Ava's words suddenly became incoherent as she tried to find the right things to say.

"The air here seems to be more concentrated than the last few minutes," Cassey pointed out as her nose sniffed the air in the room like a puppy, while Ava tugged her lips into her mouth in guilt, hoping Cassey would not dwell too much on what she saw.

She had sprayed a redundant amount of fragrance spray to suppress whatever smell her and Ethan's quick makeou