Chapter 22

Chapter 22 She'll Be Working Alongside Us

Seeing the deepening crease in Collin's brow, Linsey slowed her chewing, hesitating mid-bite.

"What on earth happened last night? Did I sleep too long? I feel like I missed something," she said, a hint of unease

creeping into her voice.

Collin inhaled sharply, forcing himself to rein in his frustration.

The memory of last night-the way he had almost lost control because of her-only made his irritation spike.

Without another glance in her direction, he turned his wheelchair away, rolling toward the study in silence.

"Forget it. I have work to do," he muttered, his tone clipped.

Linsey blinked, watching his abrupt departure with confusion.

What exactly had happened last night? Had she done something to upset him? He certainly didn't look pleased.

Still, there wasn't much time to dwell on it. She checked the time on her phone, quickly finished her breakfast, grabbed

her bag, and left for CR Corporation.

If Collin was upset, maybe she could pick up a small gift after work to lift his mood.

she arrived at CR Corporation's

was complete, she made her way to

he stepped forward and gestured

I'll show you to your workstation,"

I heard about you after the interview yesterday. Your design got unanimous praise from the panel- pretty impressive," Coen

voice

froze, her

Why was she here?

yesterday, strode forward, her

spotted her. "Cynthia! Finally, you're here. Come on over.

you to the team."

to the rest of the office, clapping his hands lightly. "Everyone, let's pause for a moment. We have a new colleague joining us today-Cynthia Keller. I'm sure many of you have heard of her before.

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Be Working

alongside us."

gave a poised, elegant smile. "Hello, everyone. I'm Cynthia. It's a

incredibly hard, so I brought a little something for each

her cue, several assistants entered, carrying neatly stacked boxes. They

people opened them, they realized Cynthia's definition of "a small token" was anything but. The women received

is unbelievably generous. Thank you,

ever need anything, just

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