Celia was momentarily taken aback, thinking she must have misheard.

She couldn't wrap her head around what she had just heard.

"Sorry?"

She managed to say, unsure if Dominic had actually apologized to her.

With a calm demeanor, Dominic responded, "Next time, I'll make sure to talk to you before doing something like this. I didn't want to bother you this time, so I stayed quiet.

You were really focused during your experiment."

His straightforward and ...