history: At a office party, I tried to invite a female coworker for a drink. She rejected me in front of everybody. I felt bad.
current: At a office party, I tried to invite a female coworker for a drink. She rejected me in front of everybody. I felt bad.
next: Ah, that's rough. That was a very bold move on your part. But sometimes fortune favors the bold, as they say. I think you'll be happy later on not having to wonder "what if." Still though, she could have maybe been more discrete about things.