Chapter 473

Marian somehow made it to the end of her shift amidst the chaos and feeling totally frazzled.

When she clocked out, Martin happened to wrap up his work stuff as well and caught sight of her with her bag. He casually threw an invite her way, "Knocking off? I'll give you a lift on my way out."

"Huh?" Marian was a bit taken aback by Martin's initiation. Ever since that self- plagiarism incident, he had been giving her the cold shoulder.

She actually wanted to use this chance to patch things up with Martin, but her dad Dennis had flown into West district to see her, and she was bound for the airport to pick him up.

"My dad's come to see me. I've gotta head to the airport to fetch him," Marian explained.

Martin frowned, "Your dad's in West district? What's he doing here?"

He hadn't had much to do with Dennis, only knowing that his business was overseas and he rarely came back home.

"He's just dropping by to check on me." Marian said, "I haven't had the chance to visit them since I moved back, and he was just in Skyrim City on a business trip, so he figured he'd swing by."

Martin nodded, "Alright, you go pick up your dad. When you've got time, let's set up a dinner with him and the family. He's had his work cut out for him looking after you all these years."

glimpse of Sophia stepping out of the office from the corner of her eye. She didn't want Sophia interacting with Martin, so she quickly

"I don't have time."

"If you're not in a

from her grasp and reached out to press the elevator button, not even glancing back in Sophia's

slightly behind him, and once again, she playfully

curious glance at Marian, and then her gaze slowly landed on Martin, who was partially

to find, despite his frustration with her at times, it was clear that Marian's plagiarism fiasco hadn't really dented

this, Sophia couldn't help but think of Aaron. Both brothers, one spoiling his sister without conditions, the

want to continue that thought; she had never felt the warmth of having a brother

the elevator doors

nor Marian expected to bump into Brandon there,

Brandon's aggressive questioning at the press conference, Marian looked down, not

them either, and after a cool sweep of his eyes over the pair,

on the side, but without a word, he entered the

to Sophia,

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