- Are you planning to work until you drop dead of exhaustion? - Lucian heard a voice from his office door.

It was Malla, who had entered at some point and he hadn't even noticed because he was lost in his thoughts, which weren't necessarily about work, but about a brown-haired woman who had turned his world upside down.

- I'm fine, don't worry- he said, running his fingers over the bridge of his nose and between his eyebrows in a gesture of total exhaustion.

- Lucian, I know I am wasting my breath for pleasure, because you are a hard head, but you are punishing yourself and suffering in vain

- No one can fight against the loops of fate, not even you, no matter how strong you think you are- Malla said looking at him with total seriousness, in fact she was very worried about this whole situation, but there was nothing she could do, only give advice.

- You were prettier and nicer when you were a little chubby girl who cried at every annoyance- Lucian told her half-jokingly, trying to lig