Brandon took out his phone and called Janet at once.

On the other end, Janet was rather surprised that he would take the initiative to call her.

“Where are you?” he snapped as soon as she answered.

He soon realized how harsh he sounded, though. He cleared his throat and added in a much softer tone, “Why aren’t you home?”

Janet was currently having breakfast. She leisurely took a sip of her milk before replying. “I was just about to tell you. I’ve come back to Barnes.”

“What are you doing in Barnes?” Brandon asked, obviously unhappy.

It made Janet burst into laughter. “I work here, so it shouldn’t be that surprising. I’ve been working remotely in the last few days, but it’s far from convenient. If I continued to stay in Seacisco, my career would suffer eventually.”

Brandon opened his mouth to express his grievance, but found that he didn’t know the right words to say.

After floundering for a couple of seconds, he decided not to say anything altogether. Even so, a menacing scowl appeared on his face, and his fingers tightened around his phone.

“Fine,” he breathed before hanging up and brooding by the window.

Brandon devoted most

repeatedly that it was a good thing that Janet was gone. He could finally focus on his business, just how it should have always been. Even so, every time he came

day in Seacisco. Autumn was coming to an end. The electric fireplace crackled in the living room, obscuring half of

slowly drowning in the desolation that

photos hanging on the wall. These were tiny,

several days, but she had left traces of her everywhere. Now that she was gone, he slept

Even the breakfast spread before him was tasteless

him, Brandon decided to move back to the hotel near the

to seeing Janet cooking at home, waiting for him. She would greet him with that bright smile

really, but his expectations never came true. To say that he was disappointed would be a gross understatement, but the hope would rekindle again the following

on work. He missed Janet terribly, though he wasn’t fully aware of the extent just yet, and how much it affected every other aspect of his life. He had even begun paying attention to

with the project being handled by one of their branch offices in Barnes. He was suggesting that

that big of a deal. The project manager merely asked for a leave of absence in the middle of the operations. I think sending an experienced project manager to take over it should be enough to settle the matter. Besides, Garrett is already in Barnes. You don’t have to go there yourself. It’s a rather long and tedious trip, too. It would be a hassle to go back and forth between Seacisco and Barnes. Just let them handle this.” Charis was determined to stop him, of course. She remained calm throughout their conversation, but she made sure to

our branch company in Barnes in so long, anyway, so this would be a good opportunity

he had any personal

was all. He certainly wouldn’t be

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