Upon hearing this, Rose hastened her movements. "Almost done, Mrs. Covington, just give me five more minutes!"

"No rush, I was just asking," Mrs. Covington replied.

'Sorry about that, Ms. Graham. I couldn't come up with any other excuse to escape.' Moira expressed some regret inwardly.

After sorting out her thoughts, Moira made a conscious effort to control her feelings for Barclay.

She knew she had to stop staring at him constantly and getting lost in her thoughts.

But liking someone was hard to manage.

Moira tried for days, but the results were dismal.

Especially after realizing she had feelings for Barclay, she couldn't act as naturally around him anymore.

Several times, she couldn't bear it and simply made excuses to run away.

in the agony of her sweet infatuation, some good news finally arrived. Barclay was going on a business

a short while, but

finally breathe a sigh of

didn't avoid him like

from a call and saw Moira sitting on the couch, his eyes flickered slightly. "Ms. Jimenez, aren't you supposed to be busy

I've been practicing too hard the past few days,

with a smirk. "Is that so? I thought

heart skipped a beat. "Why would I be? Besides, why would I want to avoid

at her without saying a

of two seconds before she couldn't take it anymore. She pursed her lips. "Mr. Covington, have you packed for your trip

raised an eyebrow. "If it's

out, feeling a

ago, she had sworn to maintain boundaries and keep her distance. Was packing his bags something she should be doing? But since she had already agreed, when Barclay asked her if she could

need to get some rest early

followed him upstairs, into the

time entering Barclay's room, but it was her first time stepping into his walk-in

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