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“Sir?”

Wayne snapped out of his reverie and realized that Tom was holding the doors and waiting for him to step off the elevator.

 He stepped off the elevator without a word and made his way to his office.

“Sir? Umm, excuse me Sir.” Ben spoke up meekly.

Wayne sighed with exasperation but didn’t stop walking. “What is it Ben?”

This better be good because he wasn’t really in a talking mood after seeing Rose walk away like that.

“Umm… Sir… Are...” Ben hesitated to say what was on his mind.

“Spit it out for God’s sake.” Wayne stopped and looked at Ben.

What was getting his personal assistant all flustered?

“Umm, aren’t we going in the wrong direction?” Ben finally let it out.

Wayne was about to give a sarcastic reply but looked around first.

This wasn’t the way to his office.

Wayne had thought that he was going to his office, but he had been walking towards Rose’s office.

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