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.

Thompson, look at the

Hamerton, um… Uh, there seems to be a problem

and opened their phones with numerous news headlines

and held a press conference, releasing the latest

interior, and even the materials and

“W-What’s going on?”

members were already there. Some were

with mixed feelings. The

“Ms. Thompson, we trusted you for this

did our

Everyone agreed. “We put a lot of money and effort into this project. We wanted

all that money. Ms. Thompson, can you

quiet, her calm face making it seem

arguing wouldn’t help. She was just one person

fault, she was in

quiet.

all of

got up with

the business world. However, not a single one of them uttered

person’s face. “I won’t shirk my responsibility regarding this, but it will take time

with a solution

can’t come up with a solution, does

A deep and powerful voice suddenly sounded from outside the meeting

door opened, and

carried an air of nobility. In the conference room, everyone gazed

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