Scarlett's POV:

 

I yawned.

 

"It's late now. Why don't you take a shower and go to bed?" A shadow of a smile appeared on Charles's handsome face, his eyes turning sharp.

 

"Okay. Goodbye now." I beamed and poked his face on the screen. "All right then. Let's hang up the video call."

 

But Charles remained on the line.

 

I raised my eyebrows at him. "What? Do you want to watch me take a shower?"

 

"That's an incredibly tempting offer."

 

"Oh, you wish!" I glared at him and, from his background, found that he was still out and about. "Go back to work."

 

"Don't stay up late, okay? Good night." After saying that, Charles's face gradually enlarged on the screen, and then the screen went dark. He planted a kiss on the camera, and I could not help grinning.

 

"Good night."

 

After hanging up our video call, I picked up my clothes and went to the bathroom. Then, my phone beeped. It was a message from Charles.

 

"I miss you so much," his text read.

 

I slept soundly the entire night.

 

Charles insisted that Richard accompanied me to my business trip to France. He told me that he was worried about my safety, and I did not want to fight him about it, so I just agreed.

 

"Scarlett, do you want to have meals with your colleagues or have a table of your own?" Tracy asked.

 

and smiled. "I want to eat with my colleagues. But I think I'm going to

 

me? I want to accompany

 

someplace near ours. That way, you can still keep an eye on me. Besides, Tracy likes one of my colleagues. I would like to introduce them." I turned around to look at Tracy who flashed me a confused look. I took

 

I don't remember liking one

 

go with it. I'll explain later."

 

some subtle tension between Janet and Richard. I

 

Charles's POV:

 

I woke up in the morning, the first thing I saw was Scarlett's good morning text. I let it

 

everyone stared at me like they were witnessing a miracle. I did not care.

 

"Sir, Rita has been waiting for you downstairs. She wants to see

 

my face died. "Tell her to go

 

nodded and hurriedly

 

my office, picked

 

throat. "I've found a

Lily's people. They're taking action. It won't

 

of the essence. Make something happen and speed things up. I want this problem taken care of as soon as possible, do you

 

"Yes, sir."

 

get off work, I left the company building and climbed into my car. It had been a long day. I

 

car suddenly screeched to a halt in the middle of

 

at me through the rearview mirror. He appeared as startled as I

 

of us,

 

rapped on

 

and looked at my driver. "Ram her

 

it's in the middle

 

her car

 

still knocking

 

my window down, and met her eyes with a cold stare. "What do you want?" I

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