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.

Thompson,

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

startled awake and opened their phones with

estate company had suddenly appeared out of the blue and held a press conference, releasing the latest information about

interior, and even the materials and publicity copies, were exactly

“W-What’s going on?”

Lina got to the company, the board members were already there. Some were on Nicholas’ side, and

them looked at Lina with mixed feelings. The meeting room was

Thompson, we trusted you for

how did our secrets get

put a lot of money and effort into this project.

money. Ms. Thompson, can you

not arguing. She stayed quiet, her calm face making it seem like

one person against many. Fighting would make

was in charge.

room was quiet. Everyone

of

up with

filled with seasoned veterans of the business world. However, not a single one of them uttered another word. It was

shirk my responsibility regarding this, but it will take time to find out who leaked the confidential information. At present, the most important

trust me. I’ll come up with a

does that mean

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door opened, and Zuko walked

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