The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2761

“Ahab, I swear I’ve been calling your name for ages. What’s the matter with you?”

Ahab scratched his head awkwardly and shuffled through the papers in his hand. “Huh? Did you call me? Sorry, must’ve spaced out… didn’t catch a wink of sleep last night.”

His behavior only piqued curiosity. “Would you mind checking the draft I revised? See if it’s up to snuff?”

Ahab sheepishly accepted the document, avoiding eye contact with Regina.

“Sure… I’ll give it a look. Why don’t you head on back?”

Under the watchful eyes of the office, he slowly settled back into his chair.

After a while, he tried to sneak a peek at Regina, only to catch her staring at him with a thoughtful smirk. He immediately looked down

than she thought. She had planned a little trick to spook him, but now

-unnecessary.

on a man who was so

her attention away, Ahab let out

thinking she might not even realize who was

submitted the piece anonymously to a third-rate publication. Logically, no one should trace it back to him. And considering the number of colleagues Regina had rubbed the wrong

her secretly that one night, and that had led to

Regina to catch flak from the higher-ups. Their company was strict about ethical conduct; even petty thievery was grounds for dismissal,

scenario, Regina was the victim. His surreptitious photographing

felt tainted just from interacting with him. Since she’d started at the company, she had never encountered a colleague as pestering and entitled, coasting on family connections, poaching work from others, and not even bothering with basic reporting – leaving it to

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