Meanwhile, at Ocean Restaurant, Larry continued to drink with the seniors.

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When he noticed that Roxanne hadn’t returned after a long time, he started to worry. Using the excuse of going to the washroom, he went out and gave Roxanne a call.

Roxanne was finally about to fall asleep after overthinking for some time, but the sudden noise of her ringtone woke her up.

She opened her eyes and took a while to process what was happening. Without even looking at the caller ID, she answered the call. “Hello? Who is this?”

Larry was bewildered by her question. “It’s me.”

Hearing his voice, Roxanne finally came back to reality. She felt that she had forgotten something very important.

“Where are you? Why aren’t you back yet?” Larry asked worriedly, unaware of what had happened to her.

Only then did Roxanne remember that she was supposed to be at the post conference dinner.

to the restaurant after buying Lucian coffee, so she had left without telling her seniors. Unexpectedly, she had been

so I left first. I forgot

“I see. I thought something bad happened to you. It’s good to hear that you’re fine. Since you’re not feeling well, you should rest up. I’ll tell the

pleasantries with Roxanne, Larry hung

everyone turned their attention to him. “Where did Dr.

yet she’s still

raised the glass. “Dr. Jarvis is feeling unwell, so she left first and asked me to apologize to everyone on her behalf. Here, let me give a toast to everyone to thank you for

lips, he downed the drink in one

the others all reassured Larry that it was fine although they found it a pity that they weren’t able to spend more

It was getting late, and many of

“I guess it’s time

farewells and left

Larry saw

a taxi. and headed straight back to the

it was already late, he decided to knock

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