Millie’s heart raced, and she stammered, “Oh… it’s nothing. They’re just work documents. I’ll head back to the design department now.”

As Millie turned to leave, Marcus grabbed ahold of her bag. His expression was stern as he unzipped it.

“Don’t,” Millie blurted out.

However, Marcus had already spotted the weapon inside, and his tone turned more inquisitive as he looked at her.

“You went out for lunch with a gun?”

Millie couldn’t shake the feeling that he somehow knew she had taken his gun.

“Why are you silent?” Marcus continued his questioning.

Millie sighed.

can I

doing just now. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have known about the gun

meticulous when she took it out last night, and he shouldn’t

you decide to take it out?” Marcus inquired

E L A ‘s L I B R A

nervously moistened her

chores, I stumbled upon it and thought it looked impressive. So, I decided to

Herb would imply that everything she did was for Marcus, and his

“Impressive?”

standing behind her, gently placed the gun

cups on the shelf and demonstrate how impressive it is.” Millie was taken aback as the weight of the gun was

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