"You said what?" Inderjit retorted, his eyes widening in disbelief as he leaped from the plush sofa he had occupied.
"I said, 'I can't be his plus one,'" I clarified, rising from the sofa as well.
"No way you did that!" He exclaimed, his face a turbulent mix of disappointment and frustration. "You rejected Kol James Morgan? Women," He grasped my shoulders and shook them with an almost frenzied urgency. "Do you comprehend the magnitude of the blunder you just committed? You turned down Kol James Morgan. KOL JAMES MORGAN, for heaven's sake! KOL JAMES MORGAN." Inderjit paused his shoulder-shaking tirade and let out a heavy sigh before adding, "Tell me that you won't haunt me if I just end you right now."
"Okay, you're definitely overreacting," I replied, unable to stifle a subtle eye-roll
