Josie’s tolerance for alcohol had been improving. She didn’t even need a hangover remedy anymore. When Laura went to pick her up from the convenience store downstairs, she was carrying a bag of yogurt, only to see this woman, who said she needed a place to stay, walking over calmly.

“Didn’t you say you were drinking?” Laura asked.

“I’m not drunk.” Apart from her hair being slightly tousled by the wind, Josie looked incredibly good.

“I thought I could drown my sorrows in alcohol,” Laura said with a disdainful glance at the yogurt, before. leading her upstairs.

Inside the elevator, Josie teased, “There’s no man hiding in your room, is there?”

Laura casually showed her the watch. “At this hour, if there was a man here, I wouldn’t even let you in.”

The two people looked at each other and both smiled.

“I heard you met Zach today. Did he give you a hard time?” Laura opened the door..

“Your information is becoming increasingly accurate.”

for a moment, then she smiled and said, “Regardless, I am now

slender cigarette elegantly held between her long fingers, a pleasing sight

to imitate Dexter’s way of smoking but ended up choking and coughing

“Heather holds ten percent of the shares, and Dexter intends

recalling the words Heather had mentioned not long

back to her

phone was

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and glanced at it, then dialed back, but

calling again, but the other end had

you still want to compete for that project, you

the name “Laura” prominently written as the

her eyes. “Laura, when you persuaded me to set up the studio, you were more

back, she said. “I am being pushed forward by reality. As for the

in a quaint antique hotel. The event kicked off with a charity

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