‘Oh, right,’ Seb thought as he put on an impassive face while watching Ainsley and his mother draw closer. ‘I don’t have anything better to change into.’
“Hey, Sebastian~” Ainsley greeted in a chirpy and overly friendly tone. At first, the smile she was giving Seb looked innocent enough, but as soon as no one else but him was looking at her, she started to smile like the cat that ate the canary. “Good to see you again~”
As she had obviously intended, Ainsley’s smile and manner of greeting hit a nerve. Seb was already in a bad mood so early in the morning—something she could clearly tell despite his effort to hide it—yet the first thing she did was to goad him further.
Was she mocking him for sticking out like a sore thumb? Or just for being miserable in general?
Whatever the case, it w
