JUNE;
The phone buzzed insistently still. My thumb slid across the screen, and I pulled the phone up to my ear. Matthew’s voice came through right away, cheerful and calm like always.
“Hey, June. There’s a birthday party tonight for one of our coursemates…” He explained in his usual cheerfulness.
“Good for them,” I teased. My heart gave a jolt at what I thought he was saying. He breathed, exhaling too loudly.
“For us, June… The whole department is invited. Didn't you see it on the platform? He quizzed.
My eyebrows pulled together. “What platform? I didn't know about any freaking platform,”
“Okay, there's a platform,” he drawled. I hated that my mood was already rubbing off on him. I was snapping at him for an offence he didn't commit, the exact mood the gifts had sent me into.
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