Love's Perfect Match

Hank rolled his eyes and ignored Yelena.

"Here's the thing you want, boss."

Boss? Yelena choked on herself. Man, that was a stupid question I asked. This is his shop. Of course, he knows it well.

The retail assistant placed the box on the table and slowly opened the lid, revealing a gleaming diamond ring with butterfly wings on the sides.

"Do you like it?"

Yelena was stupefied. The ring was immaculately designed. It's prettier than Elspeth's latest design. Elspeth sneezed the moment her friend had that thought. "Yeah, I love it."

Hank held up the ring and put it over her right middle finger. "Then wear it well. This'll tell everyone that you have a boyfriend."

Yelena blushed. A ring on my right middle finger? That's not a sign I'm taken. That means I'm engaged. "It's a bit too early, isn't it?"

"No. You're my girlfriend." He wore the other ring on his finger. "And don't take it off. I want to see the ring on your finger when we have a video call every night."

A lawyer and a bossy boyfriend. Ooh. She teased, "Someone's bossy."

"Only to you." Hank looked at her lovingly.

to be aloof and distant, and yet now he was so gentle to a young lady. Um, you sure I was supposed to hear

here too. This is

job. You'll get a bonus this

retail assistant grinned, and she sweetly said, "You have a good eye, sir. Your wife is lovely. The ring is

Yelena tugged on Hank's shirt, hinting at him

I need to give her some time to process

the thing you want, boss."

friend up, then they hung up. With Yelena gone, Elspeth had one less friend to speak

head, but she didn't know what to do. She was spacing out at work all day, even during

employees had finished their report, and they asked carefully, "What do you think, Miss Lynwood?" It was then they noticed Elspeth spacing out,

say? I didn't get it."

Miss Lynwood?" She never makes that kind of mistake. What's

thought she was spacing out because she was sick. Elspeth thanked them for their

mistake, so what happened?" Harper placed the file on the table and sat on the couch.

massaged her forehead. "Maybe I need more rest. I've been working a lot lately, and it's exhausting." She was surprised she spaced

get any rest after you married Callum? Has he been keeping you

it. I just lost some sleep." Elspeth thought that was awkward. Keeping me up all night? Is that

heaved a sigh and shook his head. "You weren't like this before, Elspeth. You used

to keep things a secret. I just don't know how to talk about

talk it out. I can

worried. So,