Gideon was by Ophelia's side when he heard her raising her voice, and he hurried over.

"Ophelia, what are you going on about?" "I'm sorry, Ms. Sanchez! She's just a little hot-headed, didn't mean anything by it, don't take it personally!" said Gideon. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the Find_Nøvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Dorothy's gaze swept over the two, piecing together a bit of the puzzle in her mind.

They clearly had something more between them; she figured they were probably an item.

Ophelia was clearly trying to dump the blame on Gideon, cozying up to Dorothy in hopes of smoothing things over.

"What's going on with me and Everett is none of your business, right?" "Since you're reporting it anyway, it's no use for me to try to negotiate with you, is it? I'll say what I want! Mr. Lopez hasn't been here in ages, obviously avoiding you. What are you playing at, acting all boss-like when you're on your way out? Go ahead, report me; I'll face the music if I have to!" "Ophelia!" Gideon wished he could just gag her right then and there.

But Dorothy didn't care about her rants; she just turned her cool gaze to Gideon and spoke calmly.

"Since you're both here, I suggest you come with me and take a tour of the marketplace. That way, if there's an inquiry from upstairs, you can say you discovered the problems during your visit. Otherwise, if I report that I found the issues, it'll look a lot worse for you." "Got it! I understand!" Gideon nodded, nudging Ophelia covertly.

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Ophelia; she just didn't want to get

It was exhausting.

of them walked through the material market with their own agendas, after which Dorothy hailed a cab

she settled back into her office to compile her report, her vision suddenly went dark! Thankfully, she was sitting down and didn't fall

it was probably due to pulling an all-nighter and decided she needed to wrap

computer and starting to import data, she watched the progress bar

she saw it was Ephraim from West

month! Just got the word from the court." "That's great news. Are the suspects... in custody?"

Sanchez?" Ephraim called

now. I'll keep you updated on any developments.” "Thanks, Ephraim. I appreciate

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always making her

under all this stress! Suddenly, that thread that had been fraying for

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