After Grace finished one of the desserts, Ethan slid the revised document across to her. The point he had marked was already highlighted.

Grace reached out to take it, but her fingertips accidentally brushed against his. The document slipped from her hand and landed on the desk.

She was slightly taken aback, but Ethan was already looking down, absorbed in whatever he was scribbling with his pen.

Grace assumed he was too busy to notice, so she simply picked up the document from the desk.

"I'll head out now, Mr. Henderson," she said.

"Mhm."

Just as she was about to leave the office, he suddenly said, "There's a social gathering at 7:00 pm tonight."

Grace immediately understood his meaning. "Got it. I'll go with you."

She then shut the office door behind her and returned to her desk.

from then on, but Yancey appeared just as it was nearing the end of the workday. His face looked grim, and his energy seemed low. He stood beside her desk in silence before speaking hoarsely. "Liam's waiting for you downstairs. He's been there all

they reached the ground floor, she spotted Liam right

are you already picking up

me to the shop next door? I'll only take ten minutes of

she went with him. No one called out to Yancey, but he still

nearby coffee shop. Liam ordered a dessert and slid it

beside Grace and shamelessly ordered one

She didn't own the coffee

her figure, she wasn't in the mood for another. Instead, she

fumbling for words

probably related to Alice. She couldn't help but find it amusing. She picked up her iced coffee and sipped on it, the bitterness spreading across

the recording was my doing?

felt as if he had just been slapped hard across the face. But how could he just stand there and do nothing after hearing about

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