By the the arrived at the office, he kicked things off with a meeting.

The meeting dragged on for two hours, but by lunchtime, he was face-to-face with Nathan, who did a double-take when he saw him.

Felix seemed to be in high spirits today, a departure from his recent gloomy demeanor at work. Today, there was a hint of a smile in his eyes.

Nathan clapped him on the shoulder.

of her. She's always been that way, ya know? Just a little bit of attention from you and she's over the moon." The smile in Felix's eyes dimmed slightly, "She hurt her hand last night." "Ah, I see. Doc says she's got depression, man. You better keep an eye on her. She only ever listens to

from work again?" Felix's tone was nonchalant as he lit up a

more uneasy but remembered Carol calling him

what he was thinking. Maybe it was because he always felt overshadowed

She's not sure if she wants to date me." "How far have you gotten?" "Just holding hands." "Holding hands and

to get to Felix. Nathan was just a

these experiences, he felt unworthy in front of women, believing that none would genuinely

after he received a car as a gift that his luck began to change, albeit with just one or two women. Now, he seemed to have his eye on someor someone new, but she was still testing the waters. "Spend more ton Fiona, less chasing women. You should find a school for her; staying hisn't going to cut it." I know, I've been looking. Fiona vants to go to school too, and she's up to date with her studies. I've beer eaching her. I should buy a house irst, check out the local school listricts." Content belongs to ¡w"If you're short, you can borrow from me." For

cclean to Felix. But at 4 PM, as he picked up Carol at the mall, the conspicuous marks on her neck made his pupils constrict fiercely. He had his fair share of women; he knew exactly what those marks were, and they were made with force. Carol didn't bother to hide them. With downcast lashes and a fragile look, she asked, "Where's

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