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.

didn’t want me to join him for this trip. Why would he want

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Saturday is squared away, let’s talk about tonight.” Alexander said and clapped


What did he mean tonight? Did he have another date with Naomi? Was he going to force me to come along tonight to rub it in my face? I crossed my arms, raised my chin. and met his

computer 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

let out a low groan. “Depending on what kind of mood he’s in, Alexander will probably keep us here until midnight. Maybe even later,” she warned me. “One time when we were working on a big project, he had me here until three in the morning. I just slept on the couch in the waiting room and wore the same clothes to

Nothing another cup of coffee

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 couldn’t handle that. At

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for Alexander in the copy room, I finished my coffee. But that turned out 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 and Gai in one of the big conference rooms. Takeout Chinese food containers were spread across the sleek glass table. Usually, I loved Chinese food, but the sight of the

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