He thought he had approached her.
That was the first mistake.
Anna had noticed him ten minutes earlier — the way he stood slightly apart from the others, observing more than speaking.
She liked that.
Quiet awareness.
When he finally walked over, she didn’t react immediately.
Just enough pause to let him feel it.
“Do you mind if I join you?” he asked.
She looked at him for a second longer than expected.
“Depends,” she said softly.
“On?”
“Whether you’re interesting.”
He laughed — not nervously, but honestly.
“I’ll try.”
She tilted her head slightly.
“I don’t think you will,” she said. “I think you already are… or you’re not.”
That shifted everything.
He sat down.
The conversation didn’t start — it unfolded.
Anna didn’t ask many questions.
She didn’t need to.
She watched.
Listened.
Let silence do part of the work.
And somewhere in between his words, she already knew.
He just hadn’t realised it yet.
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