Chapter 30 Delivering food, encountered Ronan

The restaurants on the list were the crème de la crème of Newark's culinary scene, the kind where one needed to book a table a month in advance. How on earth was she supposed to get her hands on their specialties in just thirty minutes? Micah was clearly playing a prank on her, trying to make a fool out of her!

"By the way..." Andrew added, turning back with a sly smile, "If breakfast isn't delivered within half an hour, you'll be scrubbing toilets in the Cleaning Department tomorrow." Sadie itched to ball her fists and shout, "I quit!"

The words were on the tip of her tongue, but they remained stuck in her throat.

Just then, Micah glided into the elevator, spun around with an effortless grace, and a mischievous smirk tugged at the corner of his lips.

"I..." Sadie could barely squeeze out a word before the elevator doors slid shut. She squeezed her eyes shut, gritted her teeth, and cursed her own lack of backbone. "Sadie, Sadie!" David's voice cut through her frustrated thoughts. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine," Sadie replied, her face a canvas of distress. "I shouldn't have agreed to fetch breakfast for that evil man."

"Evil man? You mean Mr. Clemens?" David's tone turned anxious. "Watch what you say; you don't want others to hear that. You're finished if they do. Don't ever call him that again."

"What do I do now?" Sadie was at her wit's end, teetering on the brink of tears. "Getting those items within half an hour is an impossibility."

never even heard of those dishes." David sympathized, looking at her with kind eyes. "I've never dined at such high-end places either. We usually eat at the restaurant on

Sadie's voice. "I

7th floor has a French restaurant, while the 21st floor's cafeteria offers Italian cuisine. You all

rushing toward the elevator-she

and asked the chef there to prepare oysters and tuna ceviche. Then, she dashed

was sure that evil man wouldn't be able to

As she pressed the button, she realized her security badge didn't grant access to the 66th floor. She recalled how Malcolm

she do

been plenty of time, but now she

how he had been avoiding her, she

tried pressing other buttons and discovered her card could only reach the

card for the 48th floor, then, with the breakfast in hand, she took

to the 66th

Sadie gritted her teeth and climbed, her legs shaking and sweat dripping from her forehead. With sheer determination, she made it to the 66th floor with

she emerged from the stairwell into the hallway, her legs nearly buckled, and she nearly stumbled at the entrance to the meeting

a pair of strong, steady hands caught her from behind at

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