The next day, Joy learned her lesson and decided to share the uneaten bits of her turkey jerky with her colleagues, who were touched beyond words. In return, they dug out their last bag of spicy beef jerky to

gift her back.

Joy resisted the temptation, coolly waving it off with a "I quit."

As the workday neared its end, her gaze kept drifting towards Austin's office every few minutes.

Austin had popped into the office in the morning but hadn't returned since. Joy waited but didn't catch sight of him all day.

Was he not going to kiss her today? Joy felt a tinge of disappointment.

It wasn't until she overheard some colleagues chatting that she learned Austin had gone on a business trip with Mia.

Austin traveling for work was nothing new; he had taken Mia along before, and others too, depending on who was handling the case. But for some reason, Joy couldn't help but imagine scenarios she wished she hadn't.

If Austin felt lonely, would he turn to Mia for a kiss?

If he could kiss her, he could kiss Mia too, right?

If he had kissed both of them, didn't that mean, in some way, she and Mia had indirectly kissed?

Joy quickly shook off those disturbing thoughts and immediately planned a night out at the pub with Selina and Leanne, hoping some male model eye-candy would cleanse her mind.

returned a few days

of the Client Services Department came to discuss some matters with him. Before entering his office, Austin noticed Joy sneakily reading a novel on her computer in a minimized

finished his meeting and came out, barely fifteen

pulled out his phone to

he might call her back

Austin said, "I have something for

take it seriously. "I have plans, just leave it on

about to say something else when a man's voice came through the phone: "Do you need to go back to

far, merely to a nearby intersection before

watched from

ched f

back, a mature and suave gentleman in his thirties, got out of the canto open the door for her, his hand above her to

two situations: First, when someone's trying to butter up their boss or a client

expecting work-related materials, only to find a

was surprisingly heavy, leaving her curious

"What's this?"

"A gift," Austin said.

called back after hours vanished instantly. What kind of boss brings back gifts from a

with excitement, rubbing her hands together: "What kind

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