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.

covering my body.

jumped up and walked out of the room. Nick was sitting on the sofa, flipping through the files and typing on his laptop

had been dealing with work the entire

sleep right after a meal. I sat on

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

a cup of water for him. “Why don’t you

nodded, seemingly in a daze. After taking

the report on his laptop, I had to admit he was

the report and snapped his laptop shut. Leaning back on the sofa, he massaged his temples and shut his eyes. “Mr. Wrangler called earlier. He said he wants to buy

you take a nap in

financial report for the branch office isn’t right. I wouldn’t have found out about it if I hadn’t looked closely.

Corporation’s operating model. As

In usual circumstances, a minor construction site accident

think we need Howard to deal with this,” I spoke, looking up at Nick. To my surprise, he was already

to the bedroom and got

two hours left until the next schedule. He could get some shut-eye before that. After all, we