Chapter 296

After Dominic had spoken, he stood up and left the office. Vespera stared at the door—first open, now closed again. After a long pause, she let out a quiet sigh and rubbed her forehead in frustration. She did, eventually, finish the soup Raymond had made. To be fair, it was pretty good. Later, she took the initiative to head over to Gerard's office to go over some work stuff. At first, neither of them mentioned anything. She didn't explain, and he didn't ask. They acted just like they always did. But right as Vespera was about to leave, Gerard finally said—carefully, almost sheepishly. "Mr. Reid… he didn't freak you out or anything, did he?" After last night's stalking and now showing up in her office unannounced? The man was escalating. "Well… it's not that bad," Vespera said, her expression suggesting everything was just barely within her tolerance. Gerard gave her a look. "He's definitely… kind of into you. You're not gonna quit, right?" She waved it off with a smile. "No,