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.

 

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

 

"But what about me? I want to accompany

 

of your own, 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

 

one of your colleagues. Care

 

I'll explain later." I

 

Tracy to accompany me because I had noticed some subtle tension between Janet and

 

Charles's POV:

 

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

 

me like they were witnessing

 

my office. "Sir, Rita has been

 

smile on my face

 

nodded and hurriedly

 

my office, picked

 

throat. "I've found a

in the Lively Group for Lily's people. They're taking action. It

 

speed things up. I want this problem taken care

 

"Yes, sir."

 

I left the company building and climbed into my car.

 

car suddenly screeched to a halt in the middle of

 

frowned. My driver looked at me through the rearview mirror. He appeared as startled as I was.

 

in front of us, which Rita got out of. She started walking toward

 

on my

 

my driver.

 

it's in the middle of the road. Innocent people might get hurt if

 

car towed away. Right

 

still knocking on

 

down, and met her eyes

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