I rolled my eyes. “He’s my boyfriend now. Isn’t it normal for us to be close?”

Ryan didn’t say a word, but I could hear his breath growing ragged on the other end. ‘Yeah. I get it.‘

And just like that, he hung up.

blinked, shrugged it off, and went back to sleep.

As night fell, I still had a mountain of work on my plate. When Nathan asked me out for dinner, I just couldn’t get away from the

office.

He said he’d swing by later and bring some food for me.

Right after my meeting ended, I walked into my office and saw Nathan waiting in the lounge area next door.

He was holding a few takeout bags. When he spotted me, he got up with a grin. “Victoria, burning the midnight oil again?”

I let out a helpless sigh. “I was a housewife for seven years. Now that I’m back at work, I have to put in twice the effort just to catch

up.”

you don’t have an umbrella, you gotta run faster. I’ve

looking at him. “You know, I don’t think I’ve ever asked you–how did you get your

startup days. “I guess I got lucky. I had a benefactor

someone saw your talent and decided to invest

Nathan dodged my gaze and switched topics. “Come on, let’s eat

brought over–everything was crafted by a famous chef, super

seventy percent full, I set down my fork and glanced at Nathan. He was

done. So, what’s the plan now?” I wiggled my

a smile. “How about I take you for a spin? Let’s cruise around and soak

I said,

breeze was turning cool, drifting in through the open car window and lifting my hair as we

we chatted and took in the city lights. The roads were pretty clear,

we walked

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