When There Is Nothing Left But Love

He got up from his seat and walked closer to me. “Did Nora make this?”

I was surprised at his guess. “How did you guess?”

He laughed. “You don’t have many friends here, let alone friends free enough to bring lunch for you. So naturally, I guess it’s Nora.”

That makes a lot of sense.

I began laying out the utensils and passed him the gastric medication. “Here you go. Remember to take this if you have gastric pain.”

He looked at the medicine before turning his gaze toward me. “Did you ask Nora to pick this up?”

I nodded. “Something like that.”

He took the lunchbox from me and paused for a moment before asking, “Did you see Ashton last night?”

I was taken aback by his question. I’m going to get whiplash from the way his mind works.

“Fuller Corporation is planning a project in A City. Technically speaking, Ashton doesn’t need to be in A City for it, but he’s here

nodded, not intending to

continued silence. “Since Fuller Corporation isn’t a local business, they’re planning to hold a public tender for the project tonight

in surprise before finally speaking, “You can just let me know directly what

at my words as a bright smile began to form

him in confusion. “I’ve just joined the company not long ago, as your secretary. My job is to take care of your odd jobs and organize your documents. Following up with Fuller Corporation is a job more suited to a project director.

the fork in his hands. With a serious expression, he said, “You’ve worked at Fuller Corporation for years, making your way up to the Director position from the lowest rung of the corporate ladder. Isn’t that proof enough of your capabilities? A position is an abstract thing, and it doesn’t dictate whether a secretary can handle the tasks of a project director. You can ask Linda

he trying to hard-sell

bid for the project, our chances of success are

what he had in mind. He’s definitely trying to gain some leverage by using

want to go,

looked at me, and his gaze softened. “I’m not going to force you if you don’t want to. You’ll just lose your twenty percent commission on the

I blurted,

and said, “Supervisors in charge are entitled to a twenty percent commission for all successful bids. This policy has been around since Murphy Corporation

bids, but supervisors typically got a five percent cut. Even ten percent was