Just as he had said, the next day while Maja was reviewing documents at work, she couldn’t help but recall the scene of him stirring the porridge silently as she demanded explanations from him.

She had known long ago that Ian had a knack for melting hearts.

Taking a deep breath, she called in Zoey.

“Mr. Pennyfeather?”

“Zoey, could you help me find which brand of burn cream is the best? We need to send it over to the Raymond Corporation.”

Without asking why, Zoey did as instructed.

When Ian received the burn cream, he simply raised an eyebrow. He didn’t use it, but put it in a desk drawer.

A morning passed and he didn’t text Maja.

Maja didn’t ask either, but he was in no hurry.

In the evening, Coral invited Maja for a meetup, saying she wanted to discuss the investment she had promised, particularly the casting.

When Maja met Coral at the BlueSky Bar, Coral was dressed in an exquisite ladies’ suit.

They both looked like successful career women, but with different auras.

surface, but there was

was cold inside and out, but her heart was the

bruise on Coral’s wrist and lightly raised

brother Barton being mentioned,

bit strange lately. He told me

her glass of wine, “What did you talk

“Love affairs.”

started school two years later than

completely oblivious to the boy’s

you have a

“I’m seeing someone recently.”

abroad with him this time, but I came back

want to pry into others’ personal affairs. A young heart in love was like a dandelion in full bloom. It took off with

take long before Coral realized, even if she was a little

the lead actress,

she bumped into Ian and his group in

looking

were slender and fair,

and Phelps were among

to greet her, but

Maja thought they seemed a bit more vibrant than

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