After the incident, Josie’s popularity in the design department was no longer what it used to be. People would gossip whenever she was around. Those that were extreme would deliberately bump into her just to insult her.

She put up with all of it.

“It’s alright.” She would comfort herself. It was nothing compared to her salary.

At night, Dexter reached home late after attending an unplanned meeting.

He shrugged off his coat and changed into his indoor slippers. As he was about to head upstairs, he noticed a slim figure curled up on the sofa.

The woman seemed to be restless. Her eyebrows were furrowed as she mumbled in her sleep.

He went up to her and listened.

“Get out of my way, you bunch of stupid admirers… Stay away… Let me earn my money…”

He furrowed his forehead speechlessly.

How badly off is she that she’s even dreaming about earning money?

At that moment, the laptop screen before Josie flickered. Dexter noticed an interior design plan opened on the screen.

Although it was just a rough draft, Josie’s ideas and thoughts that went into the design were apparent. Every stroke of the drawing showed off her skill and talent in designing.

A rare look of admiration flashed across Dexter’s face. But he was bewildered.

Why was she under the radar for all these years if she had such talent?

“Nghh…”

turned over in her sleep. A teardrop fell from her eye and sunk into

next to her and watched as

“Dad…”

in his eyes turned

room. Dexter made a silent gesture, and the

“Bring her a blanket.”

and went

The next day.

as the blanket draped on

awake?” The maid’s voice rang in Josie’s ears as she exercised her stiff

maid could say another word, Josie hurried upstairs to freshen

rushed to the company and managed to clock

headed to the elevator for employees when a

She would have become the company’s joke if she didn’t hold on to the nearest thing just

up with a frown to see one of her

look of disdain was seared into her

She was speechless.

hares may pull dead

“Get in.”

the cold, deep

when she looked over to see a deep-set

offer, Mr. Russell. I’ll just wait for the next elevator.

and pulled her into the

and was about to

protect herself. The pain she was expecting didn’t arrive as she

her breath caught in her throat as the

hand was

Dexter furrowed his forehead.

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