She was taken by surprise when Daniel had suddenly taken his leave, especially when they were discussing a pivotal point in their relationship. She could guess that the call and the subsequent meeting were very important. But his abrupt exit did hurt her, particularly when he refused to look back before leaving. Well, at least he did say that they weren't done with the conversation so that was there.
After he had left, she had called Riley to notify her that she would be staying back. And surprisingly, she had managed to focus and get quite a lot of her work done, more than she had ever done. Maybe this was her attempt at trying to forget what had been constantly playing in her mind. And she had been quite successful at it too, with Riley having to remind her to have her lunch or at least
