At noon!

Cecil stopped arguing with me and had gone home instead, likely because she was in a foul mood.

I did not notice it when Evan showed up at the door of the office. I turned my gaze towards the door when I heard my female colleagues squealing amongst themselves. "Miss Reid, can we talk privately?" Evan said with a look of calmness and seriousness on his face.

Noticing the curious eyes around us, I pursed my lips and nodded.

We walked out of the office, and arrived somewhere where no one was around. I stopped in my tracks and asked, "Evan, what would you like to talk about?"

He pursed his lips. "Mr. Roberts wants to see you."

My first instinct was to reject him but after a pause, I nodded. "Where is he?"

"At the hotel parking lot!"

I nodded. "Okay, I got it!"

When he saw that I was heading back to the office, he continued, "Miss Reid, Mr. Roberts is

waiting for you downstairs."

I...

looked back at him, slightly annoyed. "I know. I'm going

but he did not look embarrassed at all. He just nodded and said, "I'll wait for you

"As you wish!"

two of them had worked alongside one another for so long that they practically had the same

the office. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw me walking out. It seemed like

of the black S-class Mercedes car had been opened and Evan muttered some halfhearted

hand. His every move was elegant and reserved as his gaze darted from word to word. "Two o'clock,

looked at me and said in

small and there were not many high-end restaurants in this place. However, Hendrix still managed

made a reservation in advance. As soon as Hendrix and I

July. Days passed quickly

my bowl. He continued to fill my bowl with

of an expression and said, "Have a taste. They are

gaze fell on the table. Indeed, these used to

leaving Ucrebury for a few years, people changed. I did not take a bite at all and only looked at him lightly. "The chili is too spicy and

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