The light in the room was still on, but the two of them hadn’t moved at all.
Maja thought she would be tossing and turning all night, but sleepiness hit her out of nowhere, and she was out like a light in no time.
Downstairs, Jeff had already arrived.
The boss had ordered him to come and pick up some clothes, and he didn’t dare to dawdle. It was Maria who opened the door for him.
Having been by lan’s side for so long, Jeff was a pretty good assistant.
He threw a glance upstairs, catching no signs of movement, and then turned to Maria.
“Maria, did the boss and Miss Penny have another squabble?”
Why else would he be in such a rush for him to come over and pick up his clothes?
Maria thought for a moment. She hadn’t heard any ruckus either.
I’m not quite sure.”
“Maria, you should hit the sack. I’ll leave once I’m done packing the boss’s clothes.”
It was already late, and Maria, being up there in age, needed her–beauty–sleep. She simply nodded.
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Jeff tiptoed upstairs, wondering if they had made any noise but the room was as quiet as a mouse.
outside lan’s bedroom, ears perked up and listened for
Silence reigned inside.
put two and two together. Maybe the couple had made up,
he barged in right now, it would be all kinds of
away like a
discretion, Maja and lan
lan woke up, he instinctively raised his hand to shield his eyes from the sunlight streaming
arm was heavy, numbed by Maja’s head resting
looked down and saw Maja nestled in his arms, sleeping peacefully. Her eyelashes fluttered close,
staring at the ceiling, recalling how he’d fallen asleep while changing clothes the
a joyful sight first thing in the morning filled his heart with
carefully turned to face her, staring at her
found out that the night she spent with him was her first time, he felt guilty about what he had
probably because she heard him
to go public afterward, perhaps thinking that he
the only one who had
Beck were all
ex–husband, was her
sleep. The friction of the clothes made her realize someone was
his eyes
quickly sat up and relaxed a bit when she
time to get up. I’ll drive you to
remembered the excuse he used to talk to her last night and realized she hadn’t forgotten even after
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