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Chapter 40

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RED'S POV

I woke up in my bed in the morning with Sean still asleep beside me. The more I wonder when he had started planning to connect our lives. I remembered my assigned room in the office and how it came next to him. It only meant, wherever I would be--in the office or at home--there would he be also. The more my suspicions grow. There must be a reason for all of these and that they went through careful planning. I swore to myself; I would find out the secret.

I slowly lifted his arm that trapped me in, but it tightened around me instead. When I moved my eyes to look up at him, a wide grin was already spreading across his face.

"Good morning, sweetheart."

"You're tricking me again!" I grumbled.

He chuckled. "Because I do not want you to get up."

"Are you not going to work?" I raised a brow at him while I slowly sat up.

"You are not going to work, but if you like, you can do the interview tod

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