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As soon as Leslie entered the study, he took off his damp shirt and wrapped a towel around waist. His well–toned, slender silhouette cast a reflection on the glass window.

He leaned casually against the desk and lit a cigarette. The wisps of smoke curling around him highlighted a hint of danger and nonchalance in his demeanor.

After a while, he seemed to recall something. Leslie settled at the computer and launched a Google search. Daniel’s call came in coincidentally.

“Mr. Synder, the headquarters had compiled Synder Corporation’s recent financial situation. As expected, it’s not looking good this year.”

“The new product’s launch has been delayed due to chip issues. If we can’t find a replacement chip soon, the new product might end up as a failure,” reported Daniel with concern.

“No rush. We’ll talk about it tomorrow,” Leslie replied, seemingly unfazed.

“Huh? Mr. Synder, are you occupied right now?” Daniel was puzzled. He wondered if there could be anything more pressing than work for Leslie.

“Yeah. I’m on Google,” replied Leslie, as he typed a query in the search bar while holding hist cigarette.

“Google? What are you searching for? Do you need my help?”

“How to install a shower head.”

for words. It was first about washing dishes, and now installing a shower head. He wondered if his boss, Leslie, was

her shower and walked to

gentle knock on the door, she said, “Mr. Synder, I’ve finished showering. I’ll head to

hummed in response–his voice devoid of

incident, Aurelia refrained from asking further questions. She returned to her room to

was soon the

stretched as the alarm chimed,

up in the bathroom, she noticed that the shower head, which had been on the floor yesterday, was now

on the tap and found the shower

was late last night, Leslie had

seemed that Linda was right. Leslie might have a cold demeanor with little words to say, and his words might even cut you like ice. But, he was undoubtedly efficient.

placing

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She looked in the mirror

scene where she fell down with Leslie last night. Her face

thinking about that. Stop thinking about that,” she thought.

face with cold water until she finally calmed down. Taking a deep breath, she smiled at herself in the

all the dishes in the sink. Even though they

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