Emily placed down the tray along with the glass of cold fresh juice on the round glass coffee table, placing the tray closer to Jared, who sat upright on one of the white couches of the living room.
His back was parted quite further away from the back rest of the couch and he sat more pushed forward.
“Umm… Is Diana home?” he inquired, sparing a glance towards the living room hoping to get a chance to peek out of the glass doors of the room but much to his dismay, he could not see anything beyond the mid aged woman who sat across him.
“No!”
Emily kept her words short and her tone plain, making Jared feel obnoxiously nervous.
He gulped hard, trying his best to swallow the lump of anxiety formed in his throat. He moved his finger in between the knot of his tie and his collar, trying to l
