Chapter 1087: There are ten different designs he could choose from.

"Third Brother? What are you doing here?"

The lines between Benjamin's brows deepened as he stared at Slater, who was inside the lift. Both of them looked surprised, but Slater seemed more shocked.

"Be—Ben?" Slater called, his voice shaking a little. "What are you doing here?" "Me?" Benjamin pointed at himself, his face innocent. "I'm here because of my cousin. My cousin works in the main office, but she's in this branch right now. How about you?"

DING!

The lift rang once more, making both of them look up. In that brief second, their minds filled with thoughts that didn't align with each other. While Benjamin was thinking about jumping into the lift, Slater was worried about something else.

Would Slater press the open button to stop the lift from closing? Or should he just kick Benjamin out if he tried to get in? After all, Benjamin would surely throw a lot of questions. The third option was to run away.

Slater mentally hissed and chose the least suspicious option.

DING!

Slater pressed the open button and stepped out of the lift, turning to face Benjamin. The latter slowly squared himself to face him.

"I'm here because... heh—" Slater chuckled awkwardly, realizing he hadn't prepared an excuse.

say? Every excuse he could think of sounded suspicious and lame. It's not like he had prepared himself to bump into someone he

on a new project. James arranged a meeting so I could get a full understanding of the government bodies' operations like this one,' which was the natural excuse he should give. But he could already imagine the follow-up questions Benjamin would

matter how big the project was, they would only offer some assistance via a representative to help with production. Just like how real lawyers, doctors, and other professionals helped the

the time, but Benjamin was very

Benjamin called, snapping Slater back to the present. "Are you

smiled and laughed. "I'm just surprised to see you here. Penny asked me for a favor and told me to run an errand for her. She's planning

formed an "O" shape. "Oh...

but I gotta go!" With that,

him. He blinked and tilted his head to

asked him to run an errand...?" he

to Homeland Security, he also thought Penny wouldn't be so reckless as to ask someone to run an errand here. After all, this place wasn't for small businesses-it was for

made more sense for Penny

DING!

halted when the elevator rang again, reminding

waiting for another one. "These elevators suck! They take

head. After all, Benjamin had no reason to question Slater or the

reached his destination. As the elevator chimed softly, he walked out and casually made his way to the corner office. The moment he saw the

the glass wall,

I'm here~!" he waved excitedly before

her cousin run toward the entrance. She then glanced at the monitor showing recent files of people arrested in a

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