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+5 Free Coins\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ayla forced her attention back to the rich mushroom soup simmering in the pot. A second later, she glanced over her shoulder again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tonight\u2019s dinner felt important. Draven was dressed formally-tall, sharp, polished, carrying the kind of quiet authority that drew attention, yet his demeanor remained distant, cool, touched with a quiet. loneliness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Still, the moment had a certain atmosphere.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Soon, Draven placed the large tree-shaped glass back onto the display shelf, then walked to the white marble dining table, pulled out a chair, and sat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Spread across the table were the materials Ayla needed for her paper-notes, drafts she no longer needed. None of it was essential, so she left everything here instead of hauling it to the study.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Draven picked up an A4 page of her notes and read with full attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Those notes weren\u2019t central to her paper. It didn\u2019t matter if he saw them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
By the time the late-night meal was ready, Draven was still seated, studying her notes with the same focused expression.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ayla cleared a space.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She put down a trivet and brought the pot of mushroom soup over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Only then did Draven go to the kitchen, wash his hands, and return to sit across from her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ayla said, \u201cMr. Storm, I whipped this together pretty casually. Go easy on it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Draven lifted his spoon and ate slowly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His expression revealed nothing, which probably meant it suited his taste.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ayla didn\u2019t start eating right away. She grabbed a bandage and wrapped it around her index finger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Draven noticed. \u201cWhat happened?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCut myself slicing vegetables. It\u2019s fine.\u201d Ayla had made breakfast for Troy plenty of times. She\u2019d had worse.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was used to it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Draven\u2019s brows drew together, just barely. \u201cYou cook often?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ayla said, \u201cNot anymore. I have lunch at the company. At night, I can just eat at the cafeteria or grab something at the mall.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Draven said, \u201cNo need to do this regularly. It\u2019s a waste of time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRight. Tonight is just to thank you,\u201d Ayla said. \u201cIf I want homemade dishes later, I\u2019ll just hire someone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Draven didn\u2019t reply.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ayla asked, \u201cMr. Storm, what do you think?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Draven said, \u201cThe based is store-bought. Hard to call it good or bad.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ayla said, \u201cIt\u2019s \u2026 not that bad, right?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Draven said, \u201cWhat do you think?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cUh, then it\u2019s not that bad. If it were awful, you\u2019d have turned around and gone\u00a0<\/p>\n
Draven said, \u201cYou talk too much.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ayla was speechless.\u00a0<\/p>\n
home.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
100\u00a0<\/p>\n
+5 Free Coins\u00a0<\/p>\n
She hadn\u2019t eaten all night and was starving, but maybe the day had been too much-her appetite was dull. After a few bites, she put down her fork. Her eyes drifted to her notes, and she picked them up, scanning through them, quickly absorbed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She heard Draven speak, but the words didn\u2019t register at first.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Storm, what did you say?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got a solid grasp of your field. Planning to remain my secretary forever?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, no. Once my paper gets published, I\u2019ll see what comes next.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Draven said, \u201cKaleb mentioned your brother. Can you clean up his mess?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course,\u201d Ayla said. \u201cIt\u2019s not that serious. I can handle it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her most powerful asset was her tech.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Draven studied her with an unreadable expression, then set down his fork.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Storm, you done?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Draven nodded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
C\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlright, I\u2019ll take you home, maybe walk you to the door myself.\u201d Since Draven had been willing to disgust Troy with her, Ayla felt surprisingly good. She warmed up to him a little more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After Draven left, Ayla cleaned the kitchen, then went to the study to code and build models.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Later, washed up and in bed, she checked her phone. Nothing from Troy. No messages from anyone about\u00a0<\/p>\n
him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Troy was too obsessed with keeping up with\u00a0<\/p>\n
appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Draven had held her hand and walked her out. Troy couldn\u2019t stand that. He\u2019d be livid, but admitting it\u00a0<\/p>\n
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would be too humiliating. He wouldn\u2019t say a word.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ayla smirked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If he had to swallow his fury alone, then Troy could finally learn what that felt like.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ayla set her phone down feeling oddly satisfied and closed her\u00a0<\/p>\n
eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Since leaving Troy, she\u2019d been sleeping fairly well. But tonight, she dreamed of Draven.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next morning, the dream was still clear.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In it, Draven held her hand and walked beside her under the sun, like they were a couple.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ayla was speechless.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What kind of ridiculous dream was that?\u00a0<\/p>\n
100\u00a0<\/p>\n
+5 Free Coins\u00a0<\/p>\n
After work, Ayla headed to Kaleb\u2019s company.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The company had taken heavy damage. The tech team was working overtime nonstop.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Emmett hadn\u2019t expected her return.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He brightened instantly. \u201cYou\u2019re here to check on us again?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFixing the database vulnerabilities,\u201d Ayla said. \u201cDidn\u2019t I tell you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She had told him, but Emmett hadn\u2019t believed her. He couldn\u2019t exactly say, \u201cDon\u2019t be naive. This hole isn\u2019t something we can patch in a day or two!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Smiling, Emmett guided Ayla to Kaleb\u2019s office.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kaleb saw Ayla and immediately looked displeased. He was tense. \u201cWhy are you here again? Is my company some kind of public space where you can stroll in whenever you want?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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