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.

and to her surprise, he stood up

"Lila," he said gently.

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

great opportunity! Let's sit down and discuss." Billy ushered her to

touched and didn't want

was strange for him to seek her forgiveness after she had rejected him repeatedly. That said, his late-developing feelings came off as rather

she recalled that just two or three months ago, she had hoped for a harmonious relationship leading to marriage, but now, merely seeing him affected

I have a lot of work to do on set." She tried to keep her tone from sounding

specifically pulled some strings

frown again, feeling like she was

and mentor to the newcomers, which is truly exhausting. As such, Dorian requested the company to replace your newcomers with a first-tier

an assistant, so you won't need to worry too

was rendered speechless. This

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

for that. The two newcomers I'm working with are doing great. They listen well and have a lot

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