I took a seat next to her and teased, “Well, I understand. When the two of you are madly in love, it’s hard to suppress the impulse.”

With her face flushed, she gauchely changed the topic, “Where were you and Ashton just now?”

“Next door.”

Nora nodded. As the conversation went along, the awkwardness slowly dispersed. “I heard you calling me just now. Is there anything else?” she asked.

I shook my head. “No.”

Nora muttered a response. Once again, an awkward silence ensued.

 

I supposed the shy Nora needed some time alone, so I stood up and excused myself, “Um… I’ll go upstairs and go through the documents.”

In the room, I read the documents for a while, absent-minded. I couldn’t seem to focus with my mind constantly wandering off.

 

Frustrated, I tossed the documents aside and walked to the balcony to take a break.

The balcony next door was only a wall’s distance away. Ashton was reading on the balcony while enjoying his leisure time.

I wanted to get back into my room. Yet, before I could do anything, the man suddenly looked up at me. He then put his book aside while casually

forced a smile and greeted, “Hi, Mr. Fuller. What

man’s gaze darkened. “We live next

This man is really a conversation

leave you then. I’m

me forever?” he asked in a deep

I then turned around to face him and denied, “You’re thinking too much. I’m not hiding from you, and I really have something to

Village. Also, the Fuller Corporation’s project will kick off tomorrow. I’m afraid it will be a mess since Linda doesn’t know much about the details of

does better than me when it comes to paying attention

might know a lot of the flaws of

After a while, I reassured him, “I’ll go to the Lavelian Village tomorrow. Mr. Fuller, don’t you worry. Since we have taken over this project, we’ll do

man’s gaze was

away from him, or I

was gabbling in a panic over the phone, “Scarlett, are you

had a bad feeling about it.

Mr. Murphy has even instructed the security guards to guard them. Unfortunately, we found out that someone sneaked into the base

crying. “I have checked on those AI instruments before I left yesterday, and I even reminded the security guards to keep an eye on them.

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