Josie observed as Dexter's face visibly darkened, but the gloom quickly dissipated. "Thank you, Grape."

As luck would have it, the phone Josie had set aside happened to ring. It was Lachlan.

Dexter glanced at her.

She furrowed her brows, hesitating for a moment. Ultimately, thinking she had nothing to hide, she answered the phone.

"Lachlan."

"Alice," he said, still accustomed to calling her that, "I just arrived at the hotel to find you, but they said you weren't here. Where did you go?"

"Didn't I already tell you? I have my own plans."

"Mr. Lachlan!" Grape interrupted abruptly.

Josie furrowed her brows, and Dexter immediately bent down to pick up the child in his arms. "Let Mommy take the call first."

heard these words, he was stunned for a moment. Josie shot Dexter a glare, but he seemed oblivious to any wrongdoing. He simply picked up Grape

meet with Larry about the project, looked

or approachability. However, when he held the

sat to the side, constantly keeping

to be a

have no choice but to rely on him." She paused, feeling that her choice of words was incorrect. "No, it's just

he glanced at the documents urgently needing

well, so what right do I have to

At least she's honest.

not going to consider what I've said for now?" Lachlan asked

politely, "I never had those kinds of thoughts about you in the first

as if it was the only

the car window. She remained polite

seem quite right to say that he was in love with Josie. He just felt it was time to

helplessly. "It's all right. I hope your plan comes to a successful

small flowers in the garden on her tiptoes. Dexter, with his towering figure, stood in the wind, shielding her from everything. His identity as

done?" he asked in

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