"Be gentle... Can't we not do it?" Aleriana's words struck me like thunder, leaving me numb as I stood there looking at her back. There was hesitation in her gaze as she turned to look at me in a way that left me hard and confused.
Hard, as I was definitely trying to be in the mood, and confused, given that she didn't seem to share the same reaction as me.
She seemed... rather unwilling to do it.
'Did I just ruin the interview before the job?' At that moment, I realized that my first experience must have been so bad for her that she was now uninterested in having it again, prompting me to look down and exhale as I felt downcast. I heard her continue.
"I mean, maybe I have some deficiency, like I feel different from how those maids talk about..." Then came her other sentence, which made me turn my gaze to her. I could see the flicker of disappointment in her posture about something.
