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I replied to him in an annoyed tone then asked him the same question again. "I don't know much about it. I just know that they left the house for two days. They said they will come back by noon sharp two days later. They are preparing something in some labs. And only four people are entrusted with this place. I will be on duty for six hours. My duty will end till dawn." He replied and I thought about everything.

About everything else. Hours passed. The room grew quieter. The palace seemed to settle into night. I glanced at the clock. 12:03 AM. I stretched slightly, my shoulders aching, but I kept working. I was close to finishing. Then my phone rang. Nolan. I hesitated before answering. “Hello?” “I didn’t get you a workspace for you to sleep there,” his voice came through, calm but firm. I blinked. “I’m almost done.” “For every day you spend past 10 PM in that workstation,” he continued, “you’ll have an extra day added to your fifty days.”

Just his presence. And for the first time all day, I let myself breathe. Only a little. Not enough to fall apart. Just enough to keep functioning. My phone sat face down on the table between us. No buzz. I leaned back and closed my eyes briefly. Four days, that was all I had. Four days to save my mother. Six months tied to a man I absolutely should not be working for. And somehow, those two timelines felt equally dangerous. Sleep didn’t come easy that night.

“You don't really need an answer for that.” She moves her gaze to Fiorella. “This firm dwells on the pride that we look after our staff. We don't want to be seen as running our interns into the ground or acting illegally.” “Illegally?” Fiorella asks. “You two are contracted to work a maximum of forty two hours a week. You both have been working above and beyond that. And we've checked. You don't clock in to use the gym facilities. You clock in and then a few minutes later, you're logging in your emails,” the blonde haired woman says.

"You have four tabs open and you're on a call." "The call is muted, I'm just listening." He set the coffee on the nightstand and sat on the edge of the bed. He gave me that specific look—the one that said he knew he'd lost and was now just figuring out how to retreat gracefully. "One hour of actual nothing," he said. "Per day. Non-negotiable." "Forty-five minutes." "One hour." "Fine." I unmuted the call. "One hour." "Thank you," he said.

“You remember what arguing with me does to you. Might want to check under the table.” My eyes widened. “You’re kidding.” He smirked, cocking a brow. “Go on, take a peek. I know you’re curious.” Once the drinks were mostly gone and my nerves had stopped buzzing quite so loudly, we finally settled into something that resembled real conversation. “How many hours do you log in that tower of yours every day?” “I’m usually in by seven-thirty. Out around seven.” “Twelve hours a day? That’s a seventy-hour work week.”

"Buffy, on Day 83 we need to get him a new mattress." "Nice," Buffy agreed. Day 83? Oh...fuck. My internship lasted 84 days; 3 times 28. For some now less arcane reason, Havenstone used a 28 day cycle for all their business. Two things usually kept to a 28 day calendar - the Moon and menstrual cycles.

I command, not caring in the slightest if concern for his safety is brazenly telegraphed over the line. "Yes, I'm with three other guys. Beckett is on here tonight also, so that's fine. In our station, the volunteers are on twelve-hour shifts. Our full-time guys — including Ezra — work twenty-four hours on, sixty-three hours off. What do you do there? Can you sleep?" No. The short-shift men can, but the twenty-four-hour men like me try to clean up the station, load the fridge with a few meals, prepare the gear, that kind of thing. If we get through it all, we'll play cards or something."

Outside the war room windows, the sky is shifting from black to grey—dawn coming whether we’re ready or not. Forty-eight hours. That’s all we had left. But right now? We’re just two people holding each other while the world burns. I think that’s enough.

“Why will they delay sending a package I paid for with my own money?” “How about we call their customer service and ask for an explanation?” Grace suggested. “Isn't it too late for that?” I asked with confusion on my face. “Not really my lady,” Grace replied. “They are always available twenty four hours and seven days a week since people order stuff even at night and expect it almost immediately.” “So they have someone on the end of the customer care line every time?” I asked. “Exactly!” Grace replied with a smile. “In that case, let's call them then and put it on loudspeaker.” I replied.