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24. Cafeteria Breakfast
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2024-10-29 19:42:56The next day, early in the morning Lila was sitting alone in her office lab. Intending to update her research data and write a very good report about it. Instead of doing any of that, she was staring at the distance.
In her hand was the contract of conditions between Andrew and her. Something was bothering her. Not the contract though, the reason behind its existence tickled her mind since leaving Barry's office yesterday.Yes, they knew each other for thirteen years, she admitted that. Still it wasn't like they were in each other's life for that long, because they learned each other's name just recently. Why was Andrew willing to fund Lila's project from his super deep pocket?Why? Was it because of his rare blood type which happened to be Lila's base research idea? Because he cared for his continuous well being.Yes. It must be because of that. It was safer to conclude it that way.There was no way he had any romantic feelings for her,Related chapters
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Andrew parked his car right next to the car where Henry, Andrew's cousin, had leaned on. The car which Lila recognized was the same car they drove the last time she and Andrew visited Caring House."Lila, what a pleasure seeing you again…" Henry walked closer towards Lila with arms wide open."Act normal!" Andrew told his cousin as he pushed him lightly, stopping his intention."I am normal." Henry tried to go near Lila again, but Andrew's lean and muscular body blocked him. He rolled his eyes and groaned at his cousin's overprotectiveness."Hi, Henry." Lila grinned, Henry grinned too and waved. The two cousins' interaction was fun to watch. Then she turned to the two people who also leaned on their car which parked next to Henry's. "Hi, Maggie. Hi, Barry.""Hi too, Lila." Barry greeted back, still leaning on his car.While Maggie came to Lila and clung on Lila's arm, beaming. "So happy that you're here. Now, we can make our own
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"ARHHH…""What?" Lila was startled by her intern's sudden scream, making the pencil in her hand slip. The two of them were in the lab alone, doing their additional work. "What's wrong with you? If I didn't know your weirdness, I might think that you see a ghost here.""Not a ghost. It's the creepy man. He came again." Susan looked down, avoiding the window in case the creepy man caught her eyes. "Yesterday he came to me but I managed to escape. I don't know what he wanted from me."Fear was clouding Susan's mind, she forgot that the lab's window was a one-way mirror, people on the inside could see the outside but not the other way around. "Don't say nonsense, Susan. There's only the two of us here." Lila started to feel goosebumps.The horror on Susan's face didn't change. "The campus isn't safe anymore. How come they let suspicious men like him in?"Seeing Susan's trembling state, Lila sensed that fear slowly managed to creep i
His Bride: Between Billionaire and The Prince 32. A friend
The phone inside Lila's pocket jeans buzzed furiously. The caller name made her gasp softly as she became fully aware of the time that had flown, as it was already lunch time."Aunt Becky." She took the call. "I'm sorry, it seems you and Uncle Malcolm have to eat lunch without me, I'm going to be a bit late.""How long is a bit late, Dear?""In ten minutes I'll be on my way home." Answered Lila when all of the sudden someone walked by and spoke loudly.The tone in Aunt Becky's voice sounded alarmed when she spat her question. "Who's that? Where are you?"Turns out, so many dogs were injured in the area, leaving Lila and Edvard no option but to call the animal rescue community. The one whose voice startled Aunt Becky was one of the community members, he was now talking to Edvard without knowing that he talked to the second prince, because Edvard covered his face with the mask that Lila bought for him."He's from the animal rescue
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