Hold My Tear, I’m Getting My Wife Back!

Clocking out, her colleague tidied up their desk and turned to Joy with an invitation, "Let's hit the road?"

Joy put on an act, "Oh shoot, just remembered I need to tweak something in my project. I'll head out after, you go on ahead." "Since when did you become such a go-getter?" her colleague asked, skepticism written all over their face before departing.

Joy pondered over that comment; indeed, her pattern of arriving late and leaving early had drastically reduced. Where she once would skip work at any chance, now she found herself more eager to start the day than Mia.

In the past, whenever Austin passed by her desk, she'd think: Bad vibes!

Now, catching a fleeting glance from Austin, she'd muse: Look at him, throwing me those flirtatious looks again.

Could this all be Austin's cunning plan?

Why else would he suddenly start flirting with her out of the blue?

Austin stayed back late at work. By the time he finished up, most of the office had already left. He shut down his computer, grabbed his jacket, then thought better of it and hung it back up.

Joy, slouched in her chair, was contemplating whether she'd unwittingly fallen for the capitalist trap of a handsome man, when a message popped up on her phone.

Austin texted, "Come in."

stern look, she stood up and walked towards Austin's office, pushing the door open

desk, looked

So straightforward?

Joy thought, "Why not?"

was a plot, a scheme, or outright seduction, she'd

attempted to bend down towards him, finding the posture awkward. The thought of sitting in his lap

she was trying to find the right position, Austin stood up, effortlessly lifted her by the waist, and

by any means, quite fit actually, and on a good day, you could

partake in

forever stuck at 90 pounds, Joy had

made her feel as light

them. As Austin hesitated, Joy

a moment before he

was far

capable of lifting heavy loads, more tomboyish than most men around. It was easy for people to overlook that she was,

a knockout since childhood. You've met my best friend, right? If

Austin chuckled.