The proposal seemed perfect at first glance, but its perfection was what made it suspicious.

Nicole thought, ‘Let’s wait for Lulu’s investigation. In times like these, being cautious is always wise.’ After leaving Nicole’s office, Ellar went straight to find Patricia.

“Do you need something?” Patricia asked, maintaining a professional calm.

“What happened to your arm?” Ellar pressed, concerned, wondering, ‘How can she get hurt doing office work?’ “It’s nothing,” Patricia instinctively moved her arm under the table, trying to keep it hidden.

Ellar moved closer to Patricia, giving her a look. “Hey, Patricia, don’t stress.

I tried to stay away so you could have a chill and happy life without me.”

“I’m okay,” Patricia tried to calm herself, making it seem like everything was cool.

took Patricia’s arm, checking the injury. “Does this seem ‘okay’ to you?” “Just a small injury,” Patricia said, trying to act like it was

place, torn between wanting space from Ellar

might just stick around, you know, be a part of your

catching sight of her, holding back the urge to shadow her. Many times, he came close to giving in, just wanting to quietly check on her,

wanting

got wide, and her mouth opened a bit,

did you hurt your arm?” Ellar tried to

was faint as she said, “Can you

hard, Patricia’s voice was as faint as a mosquito’s buzz, “Can you step back

realize how close he was to Patricia. He naturally took a couple of steps back, putting some

could possibly happen to me while I’m with Ms. Riddle?” “I…” Ellar was briefly lost for words, realizing that Nicole wouldn’t let Patricia

here to talk about work, and since you’re done, you should probably go

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