Love has lowered her intelligence, but not so much that she's completely idiotic.
Jane McCain deeply felt a sense of shame and anger from being fooled.
Shame that she actually fell for it; anger that whether breaking up or reconciling, Allen Rivera showed no sincerity at all.
This is the most infuriating part.
When a woman thinks something is of utmost importance and must be resolved, a man wants to trivialize it or dismiss it altogether.
She was so mad that she suggested breaking up! Allen Rivera actually thought a few meals could numb her, deceive her—too infuriating!
She took a small makeup mirror out of her bag, seriously looked at herself in the mirror, and asked, "Do I look easy to fool? Does he see me as brainless?"
The answer is discouraging.
Jane McCain pressed the button on the desk phone and instructed her assistant, "Lisa, I won't see anyone today, understood?"
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