The corners of Gavin's lips curved into a faint smile.

The subordinate giving the report froze, his eyes widening in shock.

What on earth?!

Did he just witness that?

Their notoriously serious and unsmiling boss-especially during work-had just smiled. In the middle of a meeting at his phone.

Several others in the room noticed it too. Their gazes darted between each other in silent but frantic communication.

What's going on?

Did Mr. Cooper just smile? At his phone? During a meeting?

"Is he... dating someone?" everyone thought.

"Ahem!"

Gavin's assistant cleared his throat, immediately breaking the silent chaos. First, it was a warning to the staff to rein in their imaginations, and second, it was a subtle reminder to Gavin, who was typing a reply. Even the assistant couldn't help the slight twitch at the corner of his mouth.

Who would have thought?

unshakable focus, was texting his girlfriend during a meeting... and smiling like that.

and direct, "I left early. There's breakfast in the pot. Warm it up and

phone back on the table and turned his sharp gaze toward

your points," Gavin said,

for a reaction, he continued, elaborating on the specific

just been swept up in his own whirlwind of gossip, felt his brain

was a battlefield of

This. This was it.

glanced at the subordinate sympathetically, offering a silent candle of

had prepared-chicken soup and scallion pancakes. The dishes were beautifully made, looking so appetizing that she

the food hit her tongue, her

Delicious!

then and there that she was eating his cooking

enjoying her meal, her phone buzzed with a notification. Glancing at the screen, she

in okay? Do you need

initiated

connected quickly, revealing

great, Sis," Jolie said cheerfully.

since Jolie had already called, would've been rude to decline. Her gaze fell on Jolie as

nightgown, and the marks on

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