Chapter 864

The light in the room was still on, but the two of them hadn’t moved at all.

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Maja thought she would be tossing and turning all night, but sleepiness hit her out of nowhere, and she was out like a light in no time.

Downstairs, Jeff had already arrived.

The boss had ordered him to come and pick up some clothes, and he didn’t dare to dawdle. It was Maria who opened the door for him.

Having been by lan’s side for so long, Jeff was a pretty good assistant.

He threw a glance upstairs, catching no signs of movement, and then turned to Maria.

“Maria, did the boss and Miss Penny have another squabble?”

Why else would he be in such a rush for him to come over and pick up his clothes?

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Maria thought for a moment. She hadn’t heard any ruckus either.

I’m not quite sure.”

“Maria, you should hit the sack. I’ll leave once I’m done packing the boss’s clothes.”

It was already late, and Maria, being up there in age, needed her–beauty–sleep. She simply nodded.

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tiptoed upstairs, wondering if they had made any noise but the

perked up and listened for a while.

Silence reigned inside.

two and two together. Maybe

in right now, it would be all kinds of awkward!

quickly slipped away like a ghost, pretending he was

lan

woke up, he instinctively raised his hand to shield

heavy, numbed by Maja’s head resting

in his arms, sleeping peacefully. Her eyelashes

froze, just staring at the ceiling, recalling how he’d fallen asleep while changing clothes the previous

thing in the morning filled his heart with sweetness, and he felt somewhat giddy.

turned to face her, staring at

him was her first

leave him probably because she heard

to go public afterward, perhaps thinking that he was

that throughout, he was the only one

and Beck were all

her ex–husband, was her

sleep. The friction of the clothes made her realize someone was next to

up to find his eyes filled with amusement.

and relaxed a bit when she saw

time to get up. I’ll

talk to her last night and realized she hadn’t forgotten even after waking

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