“Oh, I’m not a fast typist,” I replied, startled.

“That’s fine. I’ll dictate, and you type,” Ashton said impatiently as he stood up for me to take his seat.

He pulled me to his chair before I could protest. “Fuller Corporation and its subsidiaries…” Ashton began his narration.

After a few paragraphs, I couldn’t take it any longer. “These are your work documents, so it’s not appropriate for me to be looking at inside information of the company.”

“My arm is injured,” he said stubbornly.

I didn’t know what to say to that, so the only thing I could do was what he wanted.

Rebecca stood at the corner of the room, her exquisite face looking pale.

After a continuous couple of days of frantic activity for the Lavelian Village project, we finally had the chance to take a break.

To our surprise, Harvest Festival was almost upon us. Back in the city, I racked my brain for a way to apply for a leave from Armond for a trip back to K City.

I had been on the phone with Summer every night for the past couple of days. She told me that she missed me, and my eyes welled up with tears every time I heard that.

had invited Armond for a discussion regarding the next phase of the Lavelian Village project. Since I had nothing to do, I planned to return to the villa to pack and head

call was unexpected. “Scarlett,

sorry, Ms. Larson. Now is not a good time. You can

had a near-death

froze. How did she know about

for your concern,

busy at the moment, Ms. Stovall,” said Rebecca. “I

to investigate the matter. It had been such a hectic few days that I had completely forgotten to follow up with him. And now Rebecca called me out of the blue to discuss this. Does this have anything to do with her?

you mean?”

out over you, so I hired someone to do a little digging on my own and I’ve found something

I said and headed straight to the

to and

café which wasn’t hard to locate. Rebecca was already seated when I arrived and was admiring the scene outside the window with an

deign to look at me at first. She narrowed her eyes and took another

did not respond to that. I did not enjoy anything bitter whether it was food

remained silent the entire time. “Ms. Larson, are we here for the pleasure of my company?” I

course not!”

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