I rolled my eyes. “He’s my boyfriend now. Isn’t it normal for us to be close?”

Ryan didn’t say a word, but I could hear his breath growing ragged on the other end. ‘Yeah. I get it.‘

And just like that, he hung up.

blinked, shrugged it off, and went back to sleep.

As night fell, I still had a mountain of work on my plate. When Nathan asked me out for dinner, I just couldn’t get away from the

office.

He said he’d swing by later and bring some food for me.

Right after my meeting ended, I walked into my office and saw Nathan waiting in the lounge area next door.

He was holding a few takeout bags. When he spotted me, he got up with a grin. “Victoria, burning the midnight oil again?”

I let out a helpless sigh. “I was a housewife for seven years. Now that I’m back at work, I have to put in twice the effort just to catch

up.”

and suddenly laughed. “Yeah, when you don’t have an umbrella, you gotta

ever asked you–how did you

startup days. “I guess I got lucky. I had a benefactor

and decided to invest in your

and switched topics. “Come on, let’s

up the food Nathan brought over–everything was crafted by a famous chef, super fancy and absolutely delicious. Nathan sat beside

was about seventy percent full, I set down my fork and glanced at Nathan. He was still just staring

done. So, what’s the plan now?” I wiggled my

me a smile. “How about I take you

that,” I said,

cool, drifting in through the

took in the city lights. The roads were pretty clear, just a few slowdowns here and there, and before we realized it, we’d made our way to

car, and we walked side by side toward

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