24. Just Hear Those Alarm Bells Jingling, Ring, Ting, Tingling Too

-Leia-

The first day back at work after the winter break and Moore Industries is a madhouse. The stockpile of emails, the missed calls, voicemails, planning meetings, and arranging trips overseas.

This always happens, and I always say that I’ll never leave for winter breaks again.

It’s 4 PM when I eventually touch base again, and only because my stomach started growling. I order myself some lunch, lean my head on the table and breathe out a long-ass sigh; I am so going to enjoy that bath tonight.

“So this is what you’re doing while I’m worrying about you?”

My head whips up at the sound of Christian’s voice; so I jump to my feet, run towards him and throw my arms around his neck.

“What are you doing back here?!” I exclaim. “I thought you had back-to-back meetings?”

The thrum of his chuckle makes my heart soar, and he kisses the top of my head before breaking off the embrace. “Yeah, but I forgot to mention that I have a meeting right next door in twenty minutes, so I just wanted to co