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.
the end of the workday. His face looked grim, and his energy seemed low. He stood beside her desk
elevator while Yancey followed closely behind. When they reached the ground floor, she spotted Liam right away. He was holding a cigarette between his fingers. Once he saw her, he quickly snuffed
you already picking up bad habits at
me to the shop next
went with him.
nearby coffee shop. Liam ordered a dessert and
Grace and shamelessly ordered one
didn't own the coffee
with her strict standards for her figure, she wasn't in the mood for another. Instead, she cut straight to
fumbling for words for a whole
Alice. She couldn't help but find it amusing. She picked up her iced coffee and sipped on
was my doing?
But how
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