When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I glanced at the files in his arms and asked, “Aren’t you going to work in their office?”

“Not here,” he replied. “I ordered food to be delivered to our room. You can rest after you eat.”

I was startled by his attentiveness. Nevertheless, I gave him a nod.

Our rooms were booked earlier. The bellboy brought us to our room and said, “Your meal has been delivered. If you need anything else, please call the front desk.”

Although we booked two rooms, for our convenience, the lunch was sent to Nick’s room. We thanked the bellboy and entered the room.

We had an early flight and immediately started working upon arrival. I was exhausted and hungry after a few hours.

I ate my share and got up, preparing to leave the room to Nick. He looked at me and said, “You can rest here. I’ll leave after a while.”

As he was still eating, I nodded in acknowledgment. The room was a suite, where the living room and bedroom were separated.

I entered the bedroom and switched on the air conditioner. Plopping on the bed, the last thought I had before falling asleep was to take a shower after Nick left.

I jolted awake again, there was a blanket covering my body. I could hear

up and walked out of the room. Nick was sitting on the sofa,

like he had been dealing with

unhealthy to sleep right after a meal. I sat on the

while, I exited the bedroom. Nick was sprawled on the table, engrossed in a document. He didn’t seem

water for him. “Why don’t you

and nodded, seemingly in a daze. After taking a sip of the water, his gaze

a slight nod. Judging from the report on his laptop, I had to admit he

the sofa, he massaged his temples and shut his eyes. “Mr. Wrangler called earlier. He said he wants to

“Why don’t you take a

have found out about it if I hadn’t looked closely. I think a manager embezzled

operating model. As it was doing

a minor construction site accident wouldn’t cost millions.

we need Howard to deal with this,” I spoke, looking up at Nick. To

went to the bedroom and got the blanket and put it over

the next schedule. He could get some shut-eye before