Aaron nodded. He raised his hand to pat Annie’s shoulder and comfort her. After all, the past few days have been nerve-wracking for her. “Don’t worry, Annie.”

Marcus, Annie’s boyfriend, felt uncomfortable when he saw his immediate boss acting inappropriately toward his girlfriend. Even so, it was difficult for him to express his dissatisfaction directly to his boss.

He approached them and comforted Annie too. “That’s good to know, Annie. It’s great that your uncle and aunt. You have nothing to worry about now.”

Annie looked at Marcus and snapped back to reality. She realized she had been too close to Aaron, so she took a step back and kept her distance from him.

Aaron immediately understood what she was thinking and pursed his lips to smile at her.

Marcus raised his hand and hugged Annie’s shoulders. “Mister Aaron is right. You shouldn’t go in right now, so how about we wait outside? I saw a shop not far from here. Let’s go get something to drink while we wait.”

Annie was not in the mood to drink anything. She shook her head and said, “No thanks. I don’t feel like drinking anything right now.”

“Then I’ll wait

his eyes slightly. He glared sullenly at Marcus’s hand on Annie’s shoulder and

entire night working on it when I

then? Can you guarantee you won’t make any mistakes? Are you sure you’ll be able to explain everything clearly to the higher-ups in the

a little awkward.

that Marcus still had important work to complete, so she said considerately, “You should head home if you have work

was still

“Don’t worry about me. I’ve made sure that my uncle is fine.

Annie and was still unwilling

“Annie understands that you have work responsibilities. I’ll take care of her here, so you can go ahead and

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