Chapter 1335 Extracting Information

"What's got you so busy?" Annika asked, clearly annoyed. "With the Clemens Group crushing it and no competition from the James Group, what could you possibly be up to?" "Yeah, the business world's pretty stable, but..." Andrew trailed off, catching on to Annika's probing.

"But what?" Annika pushed.

"I handle a lot of Mr. Clemens' personal stuff," Andrew said with a grin. "So, I'm always swamped. But I can always make time in the evenings."

"Oh, alright then." Annika, realizing her subtle prying had failed, switched gears. "Hey, you've got something in your hair."

"What?" Andrew asked, confused. Before he could react, Annika reached out, her fingers running through his hair. The casual intimacy made his heart race.

"It's a leaf!" Annika laughed, pulling a dried leaf from his hair. "Were you in the woods or something? How'd you get a leaf in your hair?"

I got it when I was under a tree earlier," Andrew stammered, his

small packet from her pocket and handing it to him. "I made this dessert myself.

the packet, taking a small bite. The sweetness warmed

Mia, and those three little girls love it too. Especially those three little girls, they bug me every day to make

always worried that Mr. Clemens wouldn't like those three little girls. Now that she sees them getting along so

they hope he'll come to tell them stories again tomorrow." Annika smiled, eyeing Andrew. "Will Mr. Clemens visit again

to the point. She asked tentatively, "When you guys left earlier, he seemed a

numb while telling stories to the kids, and he might have gotten burned by the tea while chatting with Ms. James in the room." "Is that all?" Annika looked puzzled. She pressed, "But I noticed his eyes seemed a bit

in his eyes when he was coming downstairs,"

wouldn't get

Andrew said, sensing it was best to

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