Chapter 186

My spine snapped straight. When I looked towards him, the eye drops chose that exact moment to roll down my cheek.

Evan glanced up from his documents just as the droplet trembled on my chin. Those peach–blossom eyes of his darkened like stormy seas.“If you didn’t want overtime,” he sighed, the paperwork in his hand pausing mid–air,“you didn’t have to cry about it.”

“…I was using eye drops!”

His “Ah” of understanding sounded suspiciously amused. The documents extended toward me.“Verify these.”

My fingers had barely brushed the pages when he spoke again. This time, his tone was different.

“Olivia.”

“Hm?”

I froze mid–reach. My name in his mouth felt like shattered glass–dangerous and

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glittering. When I met his gaze, he’d leaned back in his leather chair, throat exposed as he studied me. That pause stretched like taffy before he said, “Last night… my behavior was inappropriate. I apologize if I freaked you out. Let’s consider it erased, shall we?”

I clenched the documents in my hand. My

heart was in chaos, unsure how to react or

how to answer.

time, I replied

accepted.”

smiled casually.“No lingering

discomfort, I hope?”

smile felt stapled on.“Manageable.”

be afraid, I won’t make things

for

do anything you don’t want to. I apologize again for anything that caused you discomfort

okay, okay. Sounds

great”

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hastily returned to the sofa with the

realized

to his purpose for keeping me for

came to his senses.

wonderful. Thank you, Miss White.

perhaps I’d misjudged him. He was clear–headed. Just a man who knew when to release his

quietly breathed a sigh of

by my hand. I wanted to smooth it out, but no matter how I tried, it remained

wrinkled.

Oh, whatever.

and turned the page, pretending I hadn’t seen it.

o’clock sharp, Evan said I could leave.

moved the unfinished work back to my own office, sat for a while,

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to drive home.

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