Frank murmured, "Good men shouldn't die like that."

"Yeah." Vicky sighed, pausing as she remembered something else. "What about Helen? Does she know her mother kidnapped Winter?"

"I don't know." Frank shook his head.

"I see..." Vicky murmured and got up to give him a gentle peck on the forehead, tousling his hair as she said, "As the CEO of Grande Pharma, I'm ordering you to take the week off—after that, you must come to work looking spirited."

"Heh." Frank chuckled bitterly. "Thank you."

"Caring for employees' health is a CEO's responsibility. Anyway, just call me if anything comes up." Vicky smiled at him and started to leave the room.

However, she opened the door to find that Winter had been eavesdropping.

Leveling a cheeky smile at Winter, she asked, "What were you doing?"

Winter blushed right then and quickly threw up her hands. "N-Nothing! I was just going to call you for breakfast. Would you rather I bring the soup to your room, Frank?"

really was a

point in lingering

she turned to

"You're full. Oh!"

Winter had to think for a while to realize

ears right

you." Frank smiled exasperatedly as he watched Vicky tease Winter

the dining table, he asked Winter, "Don't you still have

soup Winter cooked while watching

would

have stayed his hand since he was unsure what to do, since said fishwives were from

J .

Vicky will

perplexed, but he kept eating even as he wondered while Winter kept her back to him, her little face not

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