Surprised and stunned by Kendra’s glaring prowess, I hurriedly folded my laptop and secured it with my left hand, stepped my chair backward and forced a smile at her as if like a criminal caught in action. My sweat couldn’t escape Kendra’s scrutiny. I gulped and continued to stare at her without saying anything.
Our staring duel continued. She broke it when she returned her stare at my laptop. My left hand automatically tightened my grip and Kendra took notice of it. She crossed her arms and then went back to me,?
“So? What have you been doing?” she said with her voice full of accusations.
“You were so into it, you didn’t even notice I hardly knocked on your door!”
Finally my voice caught up, “Ah… I-I was doing-” I startled, finding the right words, looking back and forth at
