I pursed my lips and looked down at my fingers. “Give yourself a break.”

He got up, and before heading to his study, he turned towards me. “Actually, there are still some things I need to deal with. I’ll try to get it done asap, and see you in a bit.”

I mellowed as I saw him walked further away. When I finally came back to my senses, I realized I forgot to check if he wanted dinner.

Regardless, I went to the kitchen, made some spaghetti, and brought it upstairs.

The door was left ajar, and I could see him on the phone.

I wasn’t sure what the conversation was about. The fountain pen in his hand landed so heavily on the contract that it pierced through it. The ink spread into quite a sizeable area from the persistent pressure. Something vexatious was brewing.

Those solemn dark eyes of his noticed what’d happened, but his hand was still driving the pen deeper into the table.

“Are you done?” Fury shadowed his face.

The person on the other end of the line seemed to sense the tightness in his voice. Nevertheless, the conversation continued.

“Brothers? Him and I? You don’t know what the market is like,” Ashton growled.

Yup, he is angry.

After he hung up, ferocity lurked in every corner of his narrowed eyes. He glanced at the patch of ink, lifted his hand, and proceeded with signing as if everything was okay.

Splash! The flick of his wrist spilled his coffee.

sheets of

market had made

man would know clearly what he desired and

Knock, knock!

and saw me standing outside. “So, what have you brought me?” The

After putting the spaghetti on his desk, I

them into the bin. “I’ve made some meatball spaghetti. It’s my first time making it

warm twinkle, sat himself down, and munched away as

I

stepmother. Thus, it wasn’t wrong to say

spaghetti still bunged

looked towards the documents on the desk. It was the proposal of the acquisition

was it

some tissues and dapped on the

come off!” I whined. “Ink is the hardest thing to remove. Moreover, it’s on paper.” Coming from

curled my lips and put down the document. I couldn’t get myself to

plate, my sense of accomplishment launched

“Also, Hannah should be discharged soon.

kept track of such paltry matters. “Sure thing!” I bobbed my head, and

“Hmm?”

to the Crest family. I love her as much as I love you. With Jared visiting her every now

on me. “You’ve

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