Chapter 97

Lila lay in bed, her mind filled with Kieran's exquisitely handsome face and gentle words.

She wandered to the memory of him eating the late-night snack directly from her hand. The way his soft lips brushed against her fingers felt even more intimate than when he had pressed her against the wall that day.

Realizing what she was thinking, she nearly slapped herself. How outrageous!

The consequences of her restless tossing and turning were evident when she overslept the next day.

Samuel said nothing to reprimand her, but she felt guilty, especially after Billy called asking her to return to the company the following afternoon.

She informed Samuel in advance, and he agreed readily. Still, she felt increasingly guilty.

After working for several years, she had never before missed work multiple times due to personal matters as she had this time.

Moreover, Billy seemed unusually anxious to have her return, making her feel that something was amiss.

She sensed what was wrong when she entered his office the next day.

her surprise, he stood up as if

"Lila," he said gently.

him, wanting to tell him to stop calling her that, but when she saw Billy's clueless and silly grin, she simply frowned and chose not to address it. "Mr. Johnson, why did you call me back so quickly? Did something happen?" She ignored Dorian completely, and he felt a

called you back because of a great opportunity! Let's sit down and discuss." Billy ushered her to a

frowned slightly. She disliked being touched

her forgiveness after she had rejected him repeatedly. That said, his late-developing

months ago, she had hoped for a harmonious relationship leading to marriage, but now, merely seeing him affected

to the point. I have a lot of work to do on set." She tried

thank Dorian for this! He specifically pulled some strings

frown again, feeling like she was about

director and mentor to the newcomers, which is truly exhausting. As

so you won't need to worry too

was rendered speechless. This was completely

words from yesterday meant nothing to him. Dorian had interpreted them entirely to

no need for that. The two newcomers I'm working with are doing great. They listen well and have a lot of potential. I appreciate the goodwill, Mr.

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