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?”

to call you for breakfast. Would you rather I bring the soup to

really was a good

head—there was no point in lingering

her fingers over lips as she turned to Winter and giggled. “I’m

“You’re full. Oh!”

Winter had to think for

up to her ears right then, she turned

you.” Frank smiled exasperatedly as he watched Vicky tease

he asked Winter, “Don’t you still have

even as he drank the soup

Winter would never have been taken away by those fishwives or

was unsure what to do, since

J .

Vicky will give me

even as he wondered while Winter kept her back to him, her little face not

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