My head raised when Jeremy pushed my letter to Ms. Xana in front of me. His lips curved into a sad smile, his eyebrows moving up and down as he opened the paper in front of me. My mouth half-opened when I saw my request to work from home had been signed and approved.
“You’re welcome,” Jeremy mouthed.
“Thank you,” I said as my eyes sparkled with delight. I took the letter and placed it in the pocket of my bag.
“It’s lunch break, you know,” Jeremy reminded me. “Are you not going to eat lunch?”
I grinned at him. “I guess I’m used to having someone knocking on my table and reminding me it’s lunchtime already.”
He chuckled, knocking softly on my table.
My eyebrows raised, tilting my head to check on Ms. Xana. “Aren’t you going to have lunch?”
He shook his head. “She has a meeting, so
