Chapter 6

He descended the stairs and spotted Dawson standing in the living room, phone in hand, deep in conversation with someone on the other end.

lan strode over and cast a glance at the phone. “Busy, are we?”

Dawson immediately ceased his texting, concern etching his features. “Mr. Hayes, is Ms. Clara very ill? Does she need to go to the hospital?”

lan was puzzled. “She told you that?”

“Yeah, she just asked me for a week off. I was wondering why she did not just tell you directly. Why go through the formal process with me?”

lan’s dark eyes grew heavier. “You approved it?”

rest up at home,

instead, he was

off work due to excessive blood loss from surgery. On her first day back, her colleagues were quick to fill her in

granting her the time off, assistant Dawson had his quarterly bonus slashed by a hefty sum courtesy of

work–related matters, she knocked on the CEO’s office door. Upon entering, she found lan, clad

eyes carried an air of casual indifference. An aura of icy

and handsome man who had drawn her to him, leading her to throw caution to the wind. But she never expected her years of devotion to be treated as

lan, her tone all business. “Mr. Hayes, the company’s leave policy states that direct supervisor approval suffices for absences of

right through her thoughts. “Why do

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