It's a few weeks after Cassandra has returned to the states, and to her surprise, Alaric have been keeping her withing reach. He'd constantly check on her that made the corner of her lips tugged up to a smile, while she tries not to roll her eyes at his cheeky-ness.
It'd be a lie if she said she haven't already missed him even though it haven't been that long, but due to her leave, she has tons of catching up to do, and her work has already stacked up to the point that she believes it could possibly form a small mountain. If only she's allowed to have her share of meetings, done by her secretary, she wouldn't be so drained by the time she went back to work.
That day, after finishing up the last of the paperwork, she left her office and took a drive to catch a meeting, and have a slig
