Kevan's answer was not surprising. "No."Larissa angrily screwed shut the cap of the moisturizer bottle before sitting on the bed resignedly.Kevan sat near her and put her leg onto his lap.Larissa's skin was fair. It was a little red from the steam from the bathroom as she had just finished showering.Kevan's eyes darkened slowly. His normally cold fingers had grown warm due to his boiling blood. His palm rubbed circles into her ankle. The force he used was just right. Although there would be a bit of pain from his rubbing, it was still better than the "abuse" Lewis gave her that afternoon."Hey, did you learn this from someone?" Larissa was curious. She had wanted to ask for a while now, but she never found the chance to."Nope." Kevan smiled. "You ever heard of practice makes perfect?"Larissa froze for a moment. It was not difficult to figure out what he meant. But the moment she thought of the horrible things he went through, she could not help but shudder. Her heart actua

Kevan's fingertips had calluses on them, probably from long-term typing. When they brushed over Larissa's skin, electricity raced through her body from that point of contact.Larissa's face was so red, and she could not help but move a bit.Kevan thought that he wanted to pull her leg away, so he quickly grabbed her ankle. "Don't move." He lowered his voice. "The medicine is not absorbed into your skin yet. It'll rub onto the sheets."Larissa stilled at once. She was very stiff as she replied quietly, "Okay." Then, she looked down and unknowingly picked at the sheets, causing deep wrinkles in the cloth.Kevan gazed at the top of her head as he controlled his urge to touch it. He changed to a lighter topic. "How was your first day at Blue Star? Okay?""Yeah, it wasn't bad." Larissa's fingers moved from the bed to her back. She rubbed at the place that ached. "It's just that I sat for the whole day, and it didn't feel so good."She used to work in a hotel, so she rarely sat down fo

Aster began nagging her again. "We told you to wear a down jacket, right? But you didn't listen! With how thin your outfit is, what are you going to do if you catch a cold!"Bloody hell, this tone, and attitude—the kid had copied Wendy perfectly.Larissa ignored him and quickly walked to the car. Kevan had unlocked the car earlier, so she entered the car. The thermostat was off in the car, but it was still warmer than outside.Kevan led Aster into the car. He was doing everything at a super casual pace. He also opened the car window on his side just a little bit, and the winter wind blew in through this crack. It all smacked onto Larissa's face.Larissa sneezed several times loudly.Kevan glanced at her through the rearview mirror, but he still said nothing."Can you close the window?" Larissa rubbed her itchy nose as she tried to discuss with Kevan. She lost all her patience because of the cold winds, and her voice was unfriendly.Kevan denied her righteously. "There's no air c

Larissa stood there as she thought about it for two minutes. Eventually, she still walked in with her cup.A group of women were having a little meeting in front of the coffee machine in the pantry.Larissa asked politely with a smile on her face, "Could you guys excuse me for a bit?"The chattering stopped at once.The women let her pass while looking away from her or touching something else. They could not have made their guilt more obvious.Judy studied Larissa's expression carefully. Seeing that there was nothing odd about her, Judy simply assumed that Larissa did not hear anything."The coffee's not ready yet, so we're all waiting here." Judy took the initiative to talk to Larissa. Her voice was sweet, like they were friends for many years."Oh," Larissa politely responded. "Then I'll come by later." She was about to leave when Judy grabbed her arm."Is the coffee for yourself, or is it for Mr. Logan Junior?" Judy stared at Larissa's mug. A flash of jealousy appeared in he

"I accidentally broke the mug you gave me." Larissa did not want to make this issue bigger than it already was, so she purposely hid the truth. "Do you have a new mug? I'm a bit thirsty and I want to drink some coffee.""I don't have any more mugs, but I do have a thermos that I barely used. It's pretty clean. If you don't mind, you can use it for now. I'll buy you a new cup tomorrow," Lewis said."Sure." Larissa was not that bad of a clean freak, so she did not mind as he already said that he had cleaned it. Lewis gave her his thermos.Larissa waited for a while, then she went to the pantry again.The cup pieces had already been taken care of by the janitor. The women had also vanished.Larissa waited for the coffee to finish brewing before she poured a cup for herself. She sipped at it as she walked outside. She ran into Judy again at the door.Judy was holding a one-time-use cup that she got from who knew where. When she saw Larissa, she widened her eyes."I was just going to

Marilyn shoved the remaining crackers into her mouth while turning her head. She was avoiding Lewis' question.Compared to Marilyn, Larissa felt more at ease with him. She said calmly, "The cafeteria is crowded. I don't think I can wait in the long lines, so I brought Marilyn along."He looked at her before telling Marilyn, "Order four meals from tomorrow onward. You can eat upstairs."Marilyn hurriedly nodded. "Okay."She hadn't swallowed her crackers. A few crumbs slid into her throat while she was talking. She began coughing because of it.Frowning, he handed his credit card to Larissa. "Your lunchtime is extended for another two hours. Grab something at a nearby restaurant. It's on me."Although she turned the offer down, she accepted the suggestion for the extended lunchtime.…Blue Star Tower was located in the prosperous area of Westonia. There were a lot of restaurants in its vicinity.Larissa chose a restaurant from Marilyn's suggestion. They occupied a table that

The taped box was about the size of three to four shoe boxes together. But there was no sight of the express bill.Only a sticky note was pasted on it with Larissa's name and department handwritten on it. The handwriting didn't ring a bell. She couldn't guess who the sender was.Instead of dwelling on that question, she opened the box.Soon, she noticed that something was off.It seemed like someone had removed the tape and stuck it back again. She didn't use much strength to remove it.Larissa wondered if it was the sender's mistake or if someone else had opened it before she did.After throwing the tape into the trash can, she opened the box.There was a bunch was stuff in it.There was a cushion pillow, a neck pillow, a small blanket, and some snacks. On top of that, there were also cartons of orange juice too.Larissa could guess who the sender was the moment she saw the orange juice.Quickly, she took her phone out of the drawer and turned it on. She was swarmed by unr

Larissa glanced at it and placed it in the drawer.Marilyn exclaimed, "Larissa, why are you blushing? Is something wrong with the drink?"Larissa touched her burning cheeks. Given that Marilyn didn't know the reason behind her red cheeks, she nodded, "Yeah."Marilyn said, "That's weird. What can go wrong with orange juice? I can never understand you Caldorians."…Larissa finished reading the reports from Lewis in the afternoon. She concluded the data, planning to present a slideshow to Lewis tomorrow.When she was halfway through it, Judy approached her. "Larissa, our printer is out of service. Can I use yours?"There were two printers in the shared space in the presidential office. One of them was the latest version. Anyone could use it because it had all the needed functions.The other one had basic functions only. According to Marilyn, it was once discarded but Gary didn't want to throw it away. Thus, it was placed on the only desk available.It was Larissa's desk, so sh

After checking the final file on her computer, Larissa was certain that her slideshow was missing.Furious, She threw the mouse away and rushed to Judy. She couldn't care less about the pain in her ankle.Judy motioned for Larissa to give her a moment because she was on the phone.With a grim expression, Larissa waited about five minutes until the call ended."What's the matter?" Judy looked at her innocently."Did you delete the slideshow from my computer?" Larissa cut to the chase.Judy wore a confused look. "I don't know. I did transfer my files from the USB driver to the desktop. I deleted everything after printing the documents. I might've deleted it by accident. I'm sorry, Larissa."She placed her palms together and tilted her head, trying to act cute. "Is it important? I can redo one for you." But there was no hint of apology in her words.Larissa would be an idiot if she couldn't tell that Judy deleted the slideshow on purpose."Sure." Larissa forced a smile. "Redo o

"What's with the commotion? Are you guys out of work to do?" Lewis warned coldly. Everyone froze. They were agitated for one second and went totally silent the next.Lewis walked over while everyone scattered away from Larissa and back to their seats. They buried themselves in their work, fearing meeting his eyes.Judy was flustered too. She wiped her tears off and slightly lowered her head. She sniffed loudly, drawing Lewis' attention.He frowned and questioned Larissa, "What happened?"She took a deep breath and kept her cool.She had never thought of catastrophizing things from the beginning, let alone letting Lewis and Gary find out about it.Otherwise, things would go out of hand."Judy and I had a disagreement about work. It was a small dispute." Larissa tried to make it sound as trivial as possible.However, the others took her compromise as a sign of guilt.Judy dipped her head lower wordlessly. Tears flowed down her cheeks again.There was a pool of tears on her de