Nicole had done nothing out of the ordinary for the past few days. She did not meet Levant in secret, which was contrary to what Evan had suspected. Yet, John was still ordered to continue, in monitoring her whereabouts. Mr. Seet has a trust issue! Still, I’m rather curious as to why he has raised his suspicion to Mrs. Seet.”

“Alright. Evan is currently in a meeting. I’ll be waiting for him inside. You don’t have to inform him of my arrival. I’d just dropped by casually.”

 
 

“Noted, Mrs. Seet.” John nodded politely.

As soon as she entered the office, Nicole sat in the president’s seat. Her eyes scanned the desk drawers as she began to speculate.

If there is to be a gift in one of the drawers, where would he keep it?

 

After a long silence, John questioned, “Mrs. Seet, would you like to have a cup of tea?”

 

“No, it’s alright. You can proceed with your job. You don’t have to keep me company.”

John nodded silently. “Yes, Mrs. Seet.”

 

he left, Nicole got up and shut the door of the office hastily. Thereafter, she headed back to the working

with the bottom one. It looks perfect for camouflage. If he’d kept a gift

 

the drawer with little to no effort at all. She prayed hard that nothing was inside the moment she pulled the drawer

beautiful glass bottle that

this what he planned

it out. It was full of origami paper stars. It didn’t take a genius to know that it would be a time-consuming project to have made such things. Evan had to have put his heart into it, seeing as he made a bottle that was

 

to have caused Nicole to lose faith in their relationship. She believed that the countless ordeals that they overcame together could not be compared to a bottle of paper stars. There was no

be that he’s actually made this

Nicole noticed

no time, she poured all the stars out onto the working desk, unfolding the ones with words. She furrowed her

It must be Evan’s. Her heart skipped a

a goddamned surprise you’ve given me, Evan Seet! It’s no surprise to me now, seeing that you were willing to practice out a romantic scene with her, even

the paper stars. Then, she arranged the words together, and they formed

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