"Nothing." — Nothing he says.
Caelan stared in silence, never giving her a definite answer.
Aria didn't believe for a second that it was really nothing.
Why notice her outfit if there was nothing wrong with it?
To her, that was already suspicious.
Aria sat quietly in the passenger seat, brooding in silence. Her eyes kept glancing back and forth at the driver beside her.
By the time she realized she was doing it all over again, the vehicle had already driven out of the high-end apartments.
The man beside her could clearly feel her accusing gaze, but he didn't bother with it and merely kept driving.
The summer morning sun rose higher in the sky, and the stench of the whole city grew stronger, spreading everywhere.
Nasty, and foul.
"It smells so bad. What is that smell? Why is the whole place like this?" Aria couldn't stand the scent anymore.
She had to pinch her nose, looking ahead at the road before glancing to her right, trying to find where it was coming from.
