Chapter 298

It was now just past 1:00 pm. Gerard returned from the client lunch he'd attended in Dominic's place. He'd had a bit too much to drink, but the afternoon workload wasn't going to shrink itself. Everything he couldn't handle naturally fell to Vespera. Her body had already been aching like it was falling apart, and now even her bones felt sore from the inside out. Meanwhile, Dominic had taken a nice, peaceful nap. Then, he jumped into back-to-back video calls. She didn't bother waking him when lunch break ended. Let him sleep as long as he wanted. When she came back from the marketing department downstairs and brought him a fresh cup of coffee, he was already awake, mid-way through another international video conference. She placed the coffee quietly on his desk and left just as quickly. He only glanced at her for a few seconds as she came and went, showing no sign of distraction. … Right before the end of the workload, Rebecca invited Vespera to her place for dinner. Vespera ag