“I won’t be at home this afternoon, so join me for dinner outside in the evening,” the man said as he got


    up. He picked up his phone and headed to the coat rack, where he grabbed the ck overcoat and put


    it on. When he reached the door, he remembered something and turned. back to her. “You can go to


    my study and read some books if you’re bored.”


    Shirley watched him leave as one of the cars from the convoy came over to pick him up. While


    watching the convoy leave, she turned around to clean up the dining table. Then, she washed up and


    went upstairs to the master bedroom to grab the clothes he changed out ofst night.


    Shirley had never washed clothes for her family at home but now found herself tending to a man. After


    tidying up the ce by herself, she went to his study to read some books. As she sat on the couch with


    a cup of tea, engrossed in her reading, she thought, The treatment here isn’t half bad! At least


    Zacharias isn’t as cold as the rumors say he is.


    While reading, she heard a notification sound from her phone and picked up her phone. Her heart


    raced when she saw that it was a reply from Cole.


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    ‘Sorry, I was busy just now and didn’t have time to look at my private phone,” Cole replied. Knowing his


    job was so demanding that he even had more than two phones, Shirley understood it was normal for


    him not to have seen her messages right away, so she replied with a smile. ‘No problem, Cole. Your


    work is more important.”


    ‘No. Your messages are important as well. I will check my private phone more regrly from now on,’


    Cole replied again.


    Shirley couldn’t help but cover her red lips as she carefully read that reply with her pretty eyes,


    analyzing it in her mind. Why are my messages also important? Does this mean Cole also thinks I’m


    important?


    ‘That’s not right. You should focus on your job and reply to my messages when you’re free.” Shirley


    didn’t want to cause him to lose his job. After all, his job was to protect her great-uncle..


    “Sure. Whatever you say, Cole replied. While chatting with Cole, Shirley felt that her afternoon became


    even more meaningful, but the former soon received a task and had to end their conversation.


    Shirley sat with her arms crossed for a while as her imagination began to run wild. Since she also had


    a romance novel in her hands, she wanted to pursue love bravely like the female protagonist in the


    book.


    At around 4.00PM, she received a call. It turned out that she had left a set of keys at her dormitory, and


    the cleaningdy called to inform her to retrieve them because she had no way of sending them over.


    Shirley just happened to be free, so she decided to head over there to get them. Shirley arrived at the


    cleaningdy’s office and got her keys, but just as she and the cleaningdy were having a casual


    conversation, she saw Corinne approaching them.


    Corinne was in sportswear as she nced at Shirley. A calcting glint shed in her eyes. as she


    thought, Wouldn’t I be the only one by Zacharias’ side if Shirley got expelled for fighting or something?


    With that thought in mind, she approached Shirley and demanded, “Shirley, I have something to say to


    you. Come with me.”


    However, Shirley coldly replied, “I have nothing to say to you.”


    “I know a secret of yours. Are you sure you don’t want to know?” Corinne pretended to sound


    mysterious when, in fact, she was just bluffing. However, she couldn’t have known that Shirley indeed


    had a secret she couldn’t reveal.


    Shirley became slightly tense as she asked, “What do you want to say?


    “This is not the right ce to talk. Let’s find somewhere else to talk.” Corinne pointed toward the corner


    of the room. “Let’s talk over there.”


    In the meantime, Shirley was already on high alert. How did Corinne know about her identity? Had she


    investigated her? But even if she had, Shirley had altered the photos on her file, making it impossible to


    find information about her if one wasn’t given clearance from a high- level officer.


    However, she couldn’t let her guard down. After all, this matter wasn’t just about her; it was also linked


    to Imogen’s future, so she had to handle it carefully.