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

the ground floor, she spotted Liam right away. He was holding a

"How are you already picking up bad habits at

come with me to the shop next door?

went with him. No one called

shop. Liam ordered a dessert

beside Grace and shamelessly

mind. She didn't own the coffee shop, so he could sit wherever

office earlier, and with her strict standards for her figure, she wasn't in the mood for another. Instead, she cut straight to the point.

hesitated, fumbling for words for a whole

couldn't help but find it amusing. She picked up her iced coffee

say that the recording was my doing? What is it this time? Is Alice throwing another tantrum

slapped hard across the face. But how could he just stand there and do nothing after hearing

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