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–how did you get your

tough startup days. “I guess I got lucky. I had a benefactor who really helped me

decided to invest in

pretty much.” Nathan dodged my gaze and switched topics. “Come on, let’s eat before

by a famous chef, super fancy and absolutely delicious. Nathan sat beside me, but he looked totally

my fork and glanced at Nathan. He was still just staring at

now?” I wiggled my fingers in front

and gave me a smile. “How about I take you for a spin? Let’s cruise around and

down for that,” I said,

the

roads were pretty clear, just a few slowdowns here and

parked the car, and we walked side by side toward

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