Chapter 1404

“Mr. Falconet I’ve still got something to do today. Let’s catch up another time,” Dr. Funke paused, flashing a polite smile at Alaric before stepping into the elevator.

Alaric lingered at the elevator entrance, not joining him inside. The roguish grin that usually played on his face was replaced by a more formal expression. “Alright, I’ll contact you another day. Have a good day.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than the elevator doors slid shut.

“Hey, Dr. Funke…” Hertha stepped forward, about to say something when the doors closed.

Watching the elevator descend, Hertha pushed Alaric’s arm irritably, “What are you playing at? You knew we were here to see Dr. Funke, and you just let him leave!”

Alaric’s arm swayed to the side with her push. Turning his mischievous eyes to her, the familiar playful spark was still there. “Hertha, three years have passed and you’re still as brash as ever!”

“Who’s brash? Alaric, you think you can lecture me?” Hertha glared at him sideways, clearly annoyed.

up, I’ll head down,” interjected Thalassa, noticing Hertha and Alaric’s reunion tinged with unspoken feelings. The way they looked at each other spoke volumes

alone, Thalassa didn’t want to play third wheel any longer.

another elevator arrived. She stepped in and

“The first time you saw me, you asked for my contact information, trying to reel me in. Now, you’re throwing yourself at a doctor old enough to be your dad without even meeting him? Hertha, has three years without me left you that thirsty?”

was drawn in by your looks, but turned off by your character. Now, I’m attracted to Dr. Funke’s character. As for looks, I can get past that,

deliberate, aimed at riling Alaric, pretending she had

moment she saw him, the feelings she’d suppressed for years reignited, her heart pounding with

now. She couldn’t be as impulsive as before, chasing after someone on a whim.

years had matured Hertha.

their impulses. They will think

for Dr. Funke?” Alaric was provoked by Hertha’s words, his lean frame closing in on her.

plenty of guys these past three years!” Alaric was the second son of the Falconer family, who

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