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"Come on Hugo."

"I told you, nothing."

Ned remains silent from the other line while I was busy with my laptop.

"Tell me exactly why you're helping this woman, Hugo?" Ned asks me while he's on the other line.

I fixed my Bluetooth earphone in my ear, "Because she needs help." I answered seriously as I kept my eyes glued on my laptop.

I need to finish my presentation for next week's meeting and I still have tons of other stuff to prepare at the studio while Ned here keeps on bugging the hell out of me.

I hear Ned chuckling. "Is that all?"

"Yes." I answered firmly, still keeping my gaze at my laptop.

"Really?" Ned teases.

"Yes Ned."

"You don't need to lie to me Hue." He persuades me.

I stopped from typing and just stared at my laptop while I release a deep sigh, "I'm not lying."

My eyes hurt. My head hurts. My ear hurts. I think I need to take some good rest and it’s getting more annoying because Ned keeps irritating me from the other line. I thought to myself.

"Come on." He w