"Work hard. We’ll go home together after work," he said softly. "Okay," I nodded, feeling half of the weight in my heart finally lifted. Owen Cheng didn’t linger long. He leaned down, kissed me gently on the forehead, then turned and left. I took a deep breath, forcing myself to focus, and threw myself straight into my work. Even though we’d already secured the IFC project, there was still a mountain of work that needed to be arranged and handled in the days ahead. As the person in primary charge of this project, I was swamped with work from the moment I sat down. Tap, tap, tap… A soft knock came from the door. I was about to say "come in", but the door was already pushed open from outside. I was taken aback when I saw who had walked in—it was Evelin Xu. Although I’d only met Evelin

