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.”

 

the office hastily. Thereafter, she headed back to the working desk and

start with the bottom one. It looks perfect for camouflage. If he’d kept a gift somewhere in here, this place is most likely to

 

unlocked the drawer with little to no effort at all. She

drawer was fully opened, a beautiful glass bottle

what he planned to

out to hold the bottle as she took it out. It was full of origami paper stars. It didn’t take a genius to know that it would

 

enough 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

be that he’s actually made

closer peek at the paper stars, Nicole noticed

all the stars out onto the working desk, unfolding the

must be Evan’s. Her heart

given me, Evan Seet! It’s no surprise to me now, seeing that you were willing to

after she finished unfolding the paper stars. Then, she arranged the words together, and

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