Chapter 24

The sign for the Tech Department was being taken down right under my nose, bit by bit.

That was when Cecilia popped out of the break room, a steaming cup of coffee in her hands. and greeted me with a smile.

Then she added, “Oh hey, Xaviera, I’ve started a work group chat. Hit me up on WhatsApp, and

I’ll add you in.”

She spoke with the same tone as before, but I caught a glint of willfulness in her eyes.

I got it.

Being pampered by a guy like Hogan, which woman wouldn’t be a bit loopy?

Joining the group chat was to be expected.

With an attitude of “less fuss is better, I cooperated sincerely.

To my surprise, Hogan was also in the chat.

His profile picture, followed by Cecilia’s, gave off a vibe like he was the boss and she was his doting wife.

It seemed that the investment banking gig wasn’t as hectic as I thought.

I closed the chat nonchalantly and got back to coding for real.

long, the first message popped up in the group, courtesy of

share some code data and politely informed everyone that our work updates would shift from bi–monthly to

away. [Isn’t she getting a bit ahead of herself, giving

daddy isn’t complaining, let’s just roll with it. Who knows, maybe he’ll bump up

been with me for over a year now, your

because

Cecilia’s move didn’t seem like

I didn’t expect was Cecilia accidentally deleting a line of data when she was poking around the

idea how much work we put into that over the past month?

might seem

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framework

“I didn’t mean to, I just wanted to see if there was anything I could.

your highness, I’m begging you, can’t you just be a pretty face and stay put?”

crossed

up, looking like she was about to cry.

chimed in calmly. “Arguing won’t fix

paused, her face flushed as

hesitated for

the ones who should be crying, okay? If tears were any help, I

team, I went downstairs with Jack to look for her.

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