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.

had left without telling her seniors. Unexpectedly, she had been brought back to the hotel afterward, and the dinner had

that, Roxanne apologized to Larry. “I’m sorry, Larry. I’m not feeling well, so I left first.

to you. It’s good to hear that you’re

exchanging a few pleasantries with Roxanne, Larry hung up

returned to the private room, everyone turned their attention to him.

still nowhere to

wine and raised the glass. “Dr. Jarvis is feeling unwell, so she left first and asked me to apologize

to his lips, he downed the drink

although they found it a pity that they weren’t able to spend more time with

prompted everyone to check the time. It was getting late, and many of them were

“I guess it’s time

then bade their farewells and left one

the most junior one among them, Larry saw everyone off and

hailed a taxi. and

it was already late, he decided to knock on Roxanne’s door just

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