Chapter 167

“Why do you think that’s interesting?” I raised one eyebrow

She smirked, grabbed her coffee cup, and walked by me. “No reason.”

Then, she left the break room, leaving me with unanswered questions and the faint whiff of her strawberry scented perfume.

At the end of the day, Alexander called Gai and me into his office. My feet dragged as I walked toward his corner office. I already knew what this meeting was going to be about.

Gai and I sat down, and Alexander stood, leaning against the back of his desk, and crossed his arms. My throat dried when I noticed the fabric of his shirt straining against his large muscles.

I shifted in my seat and scolded myself. I needed to get a grip.

“As I’m sure you both have seen in my schedule, I will be traveling to Luceland on Saturday,” Alexander said briskly. “Gai, you will accompany me to Luceland and Olivia, you will handle any work emails that come through. Understood?”

Gai and I nodded.

me to join him for this trip. Why would he want to bring me along for

already witnessed his

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*Olivia*

Saturday is squared away, let’s talk about tonight.”


made me jump. What did he mean tonight? Did he have another date with Naomi? Was he going to force me to come along tonight to

to my office, we have a lot of work to get done before we can leave tonight.” We nodded and stood up. Despite my exhaustion, I was surprisingly alright with working late. Sometimes, I prefer it. I liked it when the office was dark and quiet and

probably keep us here until midnight. Maybe even later,” she warned me. “One time when we were working on a big

“That’s alright. Nothing another cup of coffee

I shared a smile. In the break room, I poured myself a jumbo- sized cup of coffee. My stomach was fluttering with nerves. A small part of me was anxious about being alone with Alexander in the office. What if he asked me for tips for his date on Saturday? I

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to be a mistake. My stomach rumbled, something it did when I drank my coffee too quickly. When I came back upstairs, I found Alexander

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