In the end, Jess stuck to his decision to drive Richard and me to his boss' apartment instead of mine for a very annoying reason.
As for Richard, as far as I'm concerned, he's been keeping quiet with his head resting against the window since we got to his car.
Every time I try to ask him something, he just answers with a short grunt without turning to look at me.
Until I gave up on animating the awkward atmosphere between the two of us, chose to stop doing it, and took my smartphone, reading one of my favorite online novel collections that I haven't finished reading.
Hoping that I could divert my attention from my disappointment and guilt for what happened when we were still in Richard's study, but I couldn't focus my attention on one of the novel chapters displayed on my smartphone screen.
"Let's assume you all get used to Mr. Clark's place. After all, you've officially become my replacement, even if it's only for a short while until I get back from my leave later."
