If she pushed her luck, he would get mad. His anger only meant there was hell to pay."Come on, you get it, right? This is my hometown. If I go back to you, coming back here won't be easy. So, how about I stay just one more week, please?"She pleaded softly, making sure to back up her request with solid reasons."Besides, I'm not even late. I'm sticking to the schedule we set before."She did her best to sound sweet and accommodating, but his response was curt."No way."Those two words knotted Julia's brow, but she could not let her frustration show. In a flash, she put on her most charming, innocent smile."Come on, it's just a tiny delay of a week. Plus, I've wrapped up everything I wanted to do here. However, if I leave now, I've got to pass on my work to someone else. There's got to be a proper handover, right?"He hesitated, showing a glimmer of willingness to discuss."Look, once I'm back, I'll be with you every day. You'll be so sick of me, you won't be able to shake m
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