When it was over, I was looking at my nails while "Well.." he said with a half smile, "..although I shouldn't hint at the results beforehand, you passed with flying colors". I nodded and thanked. Raising my stare, our eyes met and that moment I realized the coming days were going to host some serious ego clashes between him and I. I sparkled back a cocksure smile to his belittling smirk, took my bag and started crossing the room towards the door while he uttered a final, "Be here at 5 pm on Wednesday" behind me.