This time, the “overtime” lasted until late into the night.

Lina struggled to get up from the couch, picked up her scattered clothes from the floor, and felt sore all over her body.

“Let me help you.”

Zuko wrapped his arms around her from behind with a satisfied smile. Lina felt his warm chest and his heart beating right along hers against her bare back.

She did not dare to let him help her. She quickly broke free and put on her clothes.

Zuko smiled and got dressed as well. His hand instinctively reached into his pocket, but… there were no more cigarettes.

He finally understood now what his father meant by the “cigarette money” he used to earn.

Lina forced herself to finish reviewing the last bit of information, and then Zuko took her home.

The next day.

They slept until almost 8:00 a.m., only to be awakened by their phones.

“Is it your phone?”

“It’s yours…”

“Hmm?”

They woke up, realizing that their phones were vibrating simultaneously.

was from Lina’s secretary. “Ms. Thompson, look

assistant. “Mr. Hamerton, um… Uh, there seems to be a problem with the Thompson Group’s

and opened their phones with numerous news headlines

the blue and held a press conference, releasing the latest

interior, and even the materials and publicity copies, were exactly the same as the project Lina was working

“W-What’s going on?”

already there. Some were on Nicholas’ side, and some were against

with mixed feelings. The meeting room was

someone spoke. “Ms. Thompson, we trusted you for

how did our

lot of money and effort into this project. We wanted to win a big architecture award. Now it’s

money.

She stayed quiet, her calm face making it seem

arguing wouldn’t help. She was just one person against many.

was in charge. She had to

was quiet. Everyone

all of you

up with

not a single one of them uttered another word. It was

gaze swept over each person’s face. “I won’t shirk my responsibility regarding this, but it will take time to find out who leaked the confidential information. At present, the most

me. I’ll come up with a solution in the

“If you can’t come up with a solution, does

the meeting

opened, and Zuko

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