Frank murmured, “Good men shouldn’t die like that.”

“Yeah.” Vicky sighed, pausing as she remembered something else. “What about Helen? Does she know her mother kidnapped Winter?”

“I don’t know.” Frank shook his head.

“I see…” Vicky murmured and got up to give him a gentle peck on the forehead, tousling his hair as she said, “As the CEO of Grande Pharma, I’m ordering you to take the week off—after that, you must come to work looking spirited.”

“Heh.” Frank chuckled bitterly. “Thank you.”

“Caring for employees’ health is a CEO’s responsibility. Anyway, just call me if anything comes up.” Vicky smiled at him and started to leave the room.

However, she opened the door to find that Winter had been eavesdropping.

Leveling a cheeky smile at Winter, she asked, “What were you doing?”

“N-Nothing! I was just going to call you

really was

Frank got up and shook his head—there was no point in lingering in

at Frank in turn, brushing her fingers over lips as she turned to Winter and giggled.

“You’re full. Oh!”

to think for a

right then, she turned and

watched Vicky tease Winter and left his

table, he asked Winter, “Don’t

even as he drank the soup Winter cooked while watching her

Winter would never have

was unsure what to do, since said fishwives were from the

J .

D-Don’t worry, Frank. Vicky will give me

perplexed, but he kept eating even as he wondered while Winter kept her back to him, her little face

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