“You’re right, Mister Aaron. My uncle would do what you said, but I don’t want to live under his protection forever. I want to learn how to be independent,” explained Annie.

Aaron was quite impressed by her attitude. “Huh, not bad. Was your colleague flirting with you just now?”

The sudden change of topic shocked Annie. “No. He was asking me for help with his document. His stapler was broken, you see.”

Aaron obviously did not believe her. “He’s quite the catch. He graduated from a famous university. Good-looking. Tall. You can consider him since our company has no policy against office romance.”

Annie’s gaze wavered for a second before her eyebrows furrowed as she frowned. She felt unbelievably humiliated, but she did not blow up at Aaron. She simply nodded and said, “Okay. I’ll consider him if he shows signs of being interested in me. Thank you for your concern, Mister Aaron.”

After a moment of awkward silence, Aaron smiled and said, “Well, time for you to get back to work now. If anyone comes to find me, tell me I’m at Xante’s office.”

“Yes, Mister Aaron.”

Aaron started making his way over to Xante’s office. At some point, he tugged at his tie to loosen it.

he felt like he was

office was only a few steps from his. Given their relationship, he never knocked to announce

“Hey Xante, did the boss

at the shocking

a man who was sucking

know that guy! He’s Sunny Rivera!’ thought

she calmly pushed Sunny away and straightened her clothes

feeling…?” prompted Xante

trance. “Umm… I’ve been feeling anxious. I’m worried Jeremy would do something

“Me too.

was obviously interested in something else by that point. He looked teasingly at the hickey on Xante’s neck before walking over and

tsk! I never knew you were so

frowned and was about to say something when Sunny slapped

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