Chapter 59: She's Back

“I’m expecting an important document today. Please put it on my desk.” Laura turned to her boss. She was in the middle of making photocopies.

“Noted,” she replied and went back to her task.

He was leaving for an appointment.

Soon, a large envelope and a box arrived. She immediately brought them to his office. But the door wouldn’t open, so she went back to her desk and set them aside. She’d just borrow the key from Ms. Andrea later—maybe her boss accidentally locked it. She figured she’d wait for him to return.

Astin didn’t return, so she left the file and box beside her stack of pending documents.

She’d done so much today. She even had to bring home more work to finish.

She didn’t realize she had accidentally taken the envelope meant for the boss until she was already home.

Thunder walked up to her as she stared at the envelope.

“What’s that?” he asked, peeking at it. He paused when he saw what it was.

“It’s for my boss. I didn’t notice it got mixed with the files I brought home.”

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