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.

more can

been doing

last night, and he shouldn’t have been able to see

decide to take it out?”

E L A ‘s L I B R

moistened

while I was doing some chores, I stumbled upon it and thought it looked impressive. So, I decided to take it out for

into handing over the antidote for the Bloody Herb would imply that everything she did was for Marcus, and his traditional sense of masculinity might not

“Impressive?”

placed

was taken aback as the weight of the gun was thrust back into her hand. He

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