Mark offered no further words. He reached out as if to caress her hair, but eventually refrained, offering a gentle smile.

"Drive safely."

Cecilia nodded, turned and made her exit.

Throughout the encounter, no accusations or resentments surfaced between them, for Cecilia and Mark were far from being a couple, and she had no right at all to be mad at him.

She had no right to even harbor romantic feelings for him.