NovelEnglishOf course, without Gai, | had to handle a two person workload by myself. After last night and the of today,
| was mentally and physically exhausted. But | pushed through it. During Alexander's afternoon nap, I let him
sleep more than usual so | could finish my work in peace.
Around three in the afternoon, | got him his daily cup of green tea. But | noticed that he was in the meeting room
with a few people. From their serious expressions, it seemed like they were having an important meeting. | didn’t
want to interrupt, so | put his tea on his desk and got back to work.
When | was wrapping things up at the end of the day, Ava called me.
“Hi,” | said, my voice sounding tired even to my own ears.
“Hey! | was wondering if you wanted to have dinner together?” she asked.
| was about to say no because all | wanted to do was sleep. But my stomach was growling from skipping lunch
and it would be really nice to see my best friend.
“Yeah, that would be fun,” I said.
“Ill text you the details!”
Relief flooded throughas | walked onto the elevator to go home. But my body immediately tensed when |
saw that | was sharing the small space with Alexander and Gai.
At least Gai seemed like she was feeling better. She did look more
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exhausted than me, though.
“Do you have any plans tonight?” Alexander asked casually.
“Yes,” | answered, trying to have the srelaxed tone as him. “I'm going to Ava’s for dinner.”
Alexander and Gai shared a look that | didn’t understand. What was wrong withgoing to my friend's house
for dinner?
*Olivia*
“Are you spending the night?” Alexander asked, his voice clipped and his hand gripping his briefcase tightly.
“Um, | don’t know, maybe,” | said, narrowing my eyes at him.
Why was he acting like this? Didn’t | make it clear | didn’t want Gai to know about us yet? This wasn’t
appropriate for a boss to ask his subordinate. He sounded like a boyfriend. To make matters worse, a controlling
boyfriend.
“Well, isn’t her brother, Aiden, still staying at her house?” Alexander said through gritted teeth. “I don’t think it
would be very appropriate for you to spend the night in the sapartment as him.”
His eyes sparked with anger, and my reply was lost in my mind. Was he acting like this because he was jealous?
“Oh, 1 didn’t know that,” | said. “Honestly, | thought Aiden already went back to college. Well, that changes
things because | think Ava only has one guest room. So, | won't spend the night at her house then.”
Alexander nodded. le tried to play it cool, but | noticed the tension leaking from his body like a balloon someone
let the air out of. Even
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though | was slightly annoyed that he
was trying to control me, a part gfme
did like how jealous hd Seemed As
IR as dint get out of hand, |
always thought that a little bit of
jealousy was good for a relationship.
When we exited the elevator,
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first.
My breath caught in my throat, but before | could even react, he took his arm off of me.
“Goodbye, ladies,” he said, winking at me, then walking in the opposite direction of us toward his car.
My heart warmed when | realized
that he had managed to hug me
goodbye without doing it in front.Qf
Gai. Even though hehéd technically
broken My Rule about not touching at
work, | couldn't even be mad at him.
That moment had been so sweet that
| was still staring affer him long after
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“You okay?” Gai asked when she reali
| wasn’t following her.
Her voice madejump. “What? Oh, um, yeah.”
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