114| Delivery.

After the meeting with the Chinese clients, Axel got so busy with work in his office that he and Reese didn’t get to talk.

When it was time for Reese to close for the day, she went to his office to inform him that she was leaving.

As usual, she didn’t knock before pushing the door open and trudging inside.

"Hey," she said as she approached his desk.

He glanced at her briefly before returning his gaze to the document on his desk. "You are leaving already?"

"Yes." She said. "I came to tell you that."

"Okay, bye." He said this without bothering to hoist his head up to look at her.

She couldn’t tell if he was trying to build walls or if he was just so busy.

At that moment, all she wanted to do was walk around his desk, talk to him, hold him, and kiss him. But she couldn’t do any of that. If he was building a wall and she did all that, she would definitely look stupid. And the last thing she wanted was to look stupid.

Without further utterances, she turned on her heels and walked t