After dinner, Sylvia applied a light touch of makeup and slipped into her outfit for the day, ready to step out. She glanced back at Gabriel, who seemed to be tagging along, and double-checked with a playful tone, "You're really coming with me to work?"

Gabriel offered a casual smile. "You don't want me to?"

With a shrug and a hint of mischief in her voice, Sylvia replied, "Wouldn't dream of stopping you!"

They descended the apartment staircase, with Gabriel taking the driver's seat and Sylvia settling beside him. She sneaked glances at the imposing man beside her and couldn't help but giggle under her breath. It felt like she was on top of the world.

At Glory Group's headquarters, the investigator Baron had dispatched quickly got back to him. "Mr. Barlow, that Gabriel had once registered a small business in M Country, but it's long gone. No trace of where he might be running a company now or what sort of business he's involved with."

Baron let out a dismissive chuckle. "If you can't find it, it probably doesn't exist."

end of the line concurred.

the sofa with a bandage wrapped around his forehead, and sneered, "My guys checked it out. All that talk about doing business is hot air. His

nursing his wounded pride, scoffed, "So he's basically

Baron a cigarette and lighting it for him, Dannis added, "No need to worry about

cold and contemptuous. "Sylvia's been fooled, thinking she snagged the

They went to Willowbrook Plaza, apparently where Sylvia stays." Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the (ꜰind)ɴʘvel.nᴇt website

playing the pretty boy? Pathetic!" Dannis added, "His looks might get him a meal ticket, but daring to cross paths with someone you've

his eye. "Sylvia's mine, that's a given. As for Gabriel, got any ideas on

snubbed Audrey, who

was the type to hold grudges. Audrey had been the object of Baron's unrequited affections, but she had only had eyes for Gabriel, a score that had gone unsettled. The office was buzzing

was piled with assorted snacks and pastries. Employees from the planning and PR departments would occasionally make a show of passing by Gabriel on their way to the break room, their

he's really handsome!

not sure, but he's got an air about him!" "Could he

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