Most of ST Group’s staff clocked off at 5, so did Hayden. But the company’s financial affairs were really a mess, prompting Joseph to work extra hours.

“Are you sure that you don’t want to leave with me?” standing at the door of Joseph’s office, Hayden knocked, smiling.

Joseph shifted his focus from those numbers onto Hayden right away when he heard her. Her smile revitalized him. “It’s OK. I’ll go home soon as I finish this category. I t won’t take me long.”

“You make me feel so bad. How about I give you a raise in your wage?”

“Is that so? You’re feeling bad? I doubt it.”

He squinted, beckoned at Hayden, “come here.”

“Change your mind?”

Casually, Hayden walked in, stopped right in front of his desk, her body slightly reclining forward.

“It’s not too late to change your mind, I’ll be here with you if you say yes.”

In response, Joseph said nothing but pulled Hayden close to himself, leaving a peck on her lips before she could react.

The kiss made Hayden squirm. She broke away from Joseph and looked backward. Nervously, she muttered, “the door’s open, what are you doing?”

Joseph working here had already unleashed a storm of rumors. The board would not go easy on them if they got caught flirting in the office.

But Joseph was calm, as if nothing had happened. His eyebrows raised slightly, he said.

“Alright, you could leave.”

“Why? Are you mad?”

with an ambiguous smile, “I just think that a kiss would be enough to recharge my batteries. Or, do

reddening, Hayden understood what Joseph meant

out of the office

smile in Joseph’s eyes deepened as

Hayden confronted Mark when she’s

“Miss Hayden.”

Hayden asked, “What are you doing

Mark nodded kindly, “indeed.”

floor, you could

elevator, Hayden

that, I wonder if Miss Hayden has any

dinner, right? I know a

was entering winter and there was an impending cold wave. Trees on the streets were

the window in a restaurant downtown, where they could appreciate the fabulous

could speak

Hayden broke the silence.

about to say. But considering the current stage you

“Go ahead, please.”

relationship Joseph’s in with

want me to leave

Joseph’s mind once it’s set, not even Mr. Harrison. And I think I know Miss Hayden enough to know that you wouldn’t want to be the Beckham’s enemy and tolerate the rumors if Joseph didn’t

to admit, what Mark just said was fair. She took a

what is this

growing up, Mr. Harrison has always known

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