Tia assumed that something must have happened in Luca’s past for her to be so afraid of blood, and the murder incident at her apartment only deepened that fear.

Anyone who had a fear of blood must be hiding a dark past.

Tia thought of dredging that dark past and telling Luke. Luke would definitely stay away from Luca after that.

Arriving at that thought, she clenched her fists and picked up her phone.

Sophia knocked on her office door. “Ms. Tia, your next client is waiting for you in the consultation room. She has an appointment with you.”

Tia stopped typing on her phone. ‘I know,” she said impatiently.

“Are you going over now?” Sophia asked. Usually, patients would not mind waiting for their doctor, but Tia’s next client was someone they could not afford to offend. That was why Sophie was so nervous.

“I’ll go over in a bit,” Tia said impatiently. She was typing a message to invite Luca out for lunch.

“Ms. Tia, I don’t think you should let the client wait for too long?” Sophia said. She dared not open the door without Tia’s permission.

That was one of Tia’s hard-and-fast rules.

Losing her patience, Tia opened the door and said, “The client doesn’t have to wait if she can’t wait. We have so many consultants here. Can’t you arrange another one for her? I’m busy now.”

Sophia tucked her head into her shoulders and said, “But Ms. Tia, the client is the wife of the mayor.”

They could not afford to offend the wife of the mayor. If they did so, they would probably find it hard to survive in A City.

Tia was taken aback. Her mind had been occupied by fantasizing the illicit relations between Luke and Luca, and she had forgotten about such an important meeting.

She realized that she had to attend to the client immediately and personally. “Pour her a cup of coffee. I’ll pack up a bit and go over.”

nodded and said. She turned around

Tia quickly finished the message and sent it to Luca. She put her phone on the table, picked up her briefcase,

later when

the invitation without giving it a second

Tia had a crush on Luke, and there must be some ulterior motive for inviting her to

either case, Luca did not want

[I’ve been quite busy recently. Maybe another time. Thanks for the

saw Zoey come in with a

“What’s that?” Luca asked.

are insurance policy documents, Dr. Craw. The company bought travel insurance policies for everyone for the trip to B City, and we just received the policies today. This

the document and

all the employees there, but he also purchased travel

thanks.” Luca put the

to distribute the

for a little longer after office hours to finish the experiment on hand. When she was

it and

Tia.” Tia’s

she had declined the invitation, but it looked

and distant, a

the mayor’s wife. When she returned to the office and saw Luca’s reply, she was not quite happy about it, so she

know Tia’s implications

invited you for dinner earlier this afternoon, and I saw your reply. I was wondering if you’d agree if I asked you over the phone,” Tia said. “It’s nothing much. A friend’s younger sister was thinking of

or psychological counseling so

overseas, so I don’t know anything about the colleges here. Moreover, I graduated so many years ago, and I don’t think I’ll be of any

to find another

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