Chapter

365

Brian gazed at the laptop screen, his expression growing increasingly serious.

Louise, with high spirits, was explaining the various features to him, not yet noticing the change in Brian's demeanor.

It was only after she had finished the presentation that she looked at him. "What do you think?

"Brian, what's the matter?"

Brian spoke in a heavy tone. "Did you do this?"

Louise sensed something was amiss and hesitated for a moment before replying, "I worked on it with a few colleagues from the department."

"Who?" he asked.

Louise couldn't immediately tell if he was probing or simply asking, and she felt an unexplained nervousness.

She adjusted her expression and said in a joking manner, "What's wrong? Are you planning to reward us? Then I'll have to fight for some good benefits for my colleagues." Brian stared at her face for a long while, making Louise feel a bit uneasy.

us? How about we all go out for dinner and karaoke tonight?" she

whatever you want is

Louise let out a sigh

as if he knew

"Tonight, Mr. Francis has invited our department to dinner.

colleagues all cheered, and one of them asked, "Mrs. Francis, why has

was a bit odd as she

is treating our department

to dinner

died down, she spoke to Louise, "Mrs. Francis, I won't be joining you. As you know, I need to go home to take care of my child after work." Louise curled her

for Grace to

that Grace had voluntarily suggested her own absence was a sign of her being

few days, Louise found that Grace was indeed behaving more compliantly, not daring to talk back when made difficult, and it seemed she was no longer harboring any illusions about

Grace was the first to

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restaurant that Brian noticed someone was missing. "Where's Grace?" he

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