This time, the “overtime” lasted until late into the night.

Lina struggled to get up from the couch, picked up her scattered clothes from the floor, and felt sore all over her body.

“Let me help you.”

Zuko wrapped his arms around her from behind with a satisfied smile. Lina felt his warm chest and his heart beating right along hers against her bare back.

She did not dare to let him help her. She quickly broke free and put on her clothes.

Zuko smiled and got dressed as well. His hand instinctively reached into his pocket, but… there were no more cigarettes.

He finally understood now what his father meant by the “cigarette money” he used to earn.

Lina forced herself to finish reviewing the last bit of information, and then Zuko took her home.

The next day.

They slept until almost 8:00 a.m., only to be awakened by their phones.

“Is it your phone?”

“It’s yours…”

“Hmm?”

They woke up, realizing that their phones were vibrating simultaneously.

secretary. “Ms. Thompson, look at the news! Something

there seems to

and opened their phones with

appeared out of the blue and

and publicity copies, were exactly the same as the project Lina

“W-What’s going on?”

members were already

mixed feelings. The meeting room was dead

someone spoke. “Ms. Thompson, we trusted

how did our secrets get

money and effort into this project. We wanted to win a big architecture

all that money. Ms.

not arguing. She stayed quiet, her calm face

was just one person

her fault, she was in charge. She

quiet.

all of you

got up with

of the business world. However, not a single one

calm but determined gaze swept over each person’s face. “I won’t shirk my responsibility regarding this, but it will take time

come up with a solution in the

you can’t come up with a solution, does that mean we’ll all

voice suddenly sounded from outside

opened, and

the conference room, everyone gazed at him,

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