“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.

invited Armond for a discussion regarding the next phase of the Lavelian Village project. Since I had nothing

was unexpected. “Scarlett, do you

Larson. Now is not a good time. You can say what it is you need over

nothing important,” she laughed lightly. “It’s just that I have heard you had a

did she

you for your concern, Ms.

said Rebecca. “I was thinking of talking to you about that incident. Perhaps another time,

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

do you mean?”

over you, so I hired someone to do

venue,” I said and headed straight to the

to and hung

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

knew that I was here but did not deign to look at me at first. She narrowed her eyes and took another sip of her coffee. “It tasted its best when it was bitter. It’s

I did not enjoy anything bitter whether it was

glass of juice for myself. Rebecca remained silent the entire time. “Ms. Larson,

course not!”

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