Chapter 22

Willow still had things to settle. The police officer was still waiting for her eyewitness.

What's more, she needed to call and tell her mother that her children had somehow snuck into the company. She had to know if her mother had been here as well. If her mother hadn't, then she would have to go look for the children. It was dangerous for preschoolers to be running around outside without supervision.

"What's the matter? Did you forget that this is your job? Are you trying to slack off again?" snapped Edith impatiently.

"Alright," Willow said meekly.

After that, Edith left the office and ran after Jasper.

Jasper marched down the corridor, and she slow-jogged behind him. She was obsessed with the air he exuded-whether it was his imposing aura, his masculine energy, his noble temperament, or his flawlessly handsome face. Jasper was the man of her dreams.

Jasper's footsteps soon came to an abrupt halt. He turned and demanded, "Ms. Price, it seems to me something is on your mind lately. How could you make such an elementary mistake?"

he had reminded her not to let random strangers

managed to get into his office and make a mess of

mistake. "I'm sorry, Mr. Hughes.

haven't been taking your work seriously,

I promise I'll work on myself. Please don't fire

for a decade. If she lost him, how could she go

for a few seconds. Edith remained as stubborn as ever, clinging desperately to her job as his

to the office during that time," he said,

I'll take three days off work. You can rest assured I'll work extra hard in the future.

but she had almost forgotten to

day she remained in their company, Edith

pulled out her phone and was about to call

if

reminded him of that woman from five years

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