Then, Henry sighed. “Ms. Locket sure is lucky, huh?”

Without waiting for a reply from Celeste and Matthias, Henry leaned in and whispered, “Even though Ms. Locket’s team worked over the weekend, the project wasn’t progressing much. Last night, Mr. Fleming came back to the office around 7:00 pm to help her with the key aspect of the project, and things finally started to progress.

“And, here’s the thing: ”

Henry continued, “Apparently, Mr. Fleming and Ms. Locket spent the night in the office upstairs, and they haven’t gotten out of bed yet.”

As his words fell, he shot Matthias a teasing look, raising an eyebrow.

Matthias instantly grasped what

Henry was implying

Basically, Henry was saying that last night, after Trevor and Wynn finished work, they were at the office upstairs and…

Matthias covered Celeste’s ears immediately. “Oh dear, what did I just hear?”

Celeste had heard it all. It was a little too late to cover her ears.

Besides, it was Wynn who had answered the call when Jordyn called Trevor this morning. That explained everything.

Just as Matthias was about to speak, Wynn appeared out of nowhere.

and scoffed. “Didn’t

now?”

Wynn, too. Awkwardly, he let out a few dry coughs. “Yeah, it

in good spirits, though she looked

working overtime for the past few days, and she had spent the night

shifted his gaze away in a

everything, it was normal for her to be

Matthias a quick nod, she joined her

Celeste

lunch break, they

Trevor

Celeste and then quickly looked away and went

him when they

seat. She looked up

nodded and asked, “How’s it

a clearer picture now, and things are starting to come

good to hear,” Trevor

+25 BONUS

your help last night,”

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