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

the office in the afternoon. Having been away for a few days, he had a backlog of issues to catch up on, and the head of the Client Services Department came to discuss some matters with him.

meeting and came out, barely fifteen minutes later, her desk was

phone to call her. "You

guarded, fearing he might call her back for overtime. "You should

back," Austin said, "I have something

take it seriously. "I have plans, just

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

far, merely to

from the

ched f

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

to butter up their boss or a client Second, when

materials, only to find a large box

heavy, leaving her curious

"What's this?"

"A gift," Austin said.

irritation at being called back after hours vanished instantly. What kind of boss

up with excitement, rubbing her hands together: "What kind of

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