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    To him, it probably felt like an interloper had crashed a well-oiled duo. She found it natural, of course—she knew Ellis well. But Melvin didn’t, so his instinct was to put up his guard.


    At ten sharp, Ellis arrived at thepany.


    Freya had already given the receptionist a heads-up, so he was sent straight upstairs to her office without a hitch.


    He’d been expecting to see Freya—but was met with Melvin instead.


    Inside the lounge, Melvin eyed Ellis’s striking features and silently thought that Ellis really looked like someone Freya would be into. His brow creased slightly, remembering Gerard’s message from yesterday. “I saw Ms. Briggs with a ridiculously handsome guy. Is that yourpetition?” Melvin had already told Gerard the whole heartbreak story was made up, but the guy was still convinced—and had cooked up the idea that the person Melvin liked was none other than Freya.


    “Hi, I’m Melvin Swain, Ms. Briggs’s assistant,” he said, shoving the thought aside and keeping his tone crisp. “Are you Ellis Lambert?”


    “Yes,” Ellis responded with ease.


    “Great. Sign here and I’ll walk you through the onboarding,” Melvin said in his usual brisk, professional manner. “After that, I’ll take you to Ms. Briggs.”


    “Sounds good,” Ellis replied calmly.


    Melvin walked him through the whole process, which didn’t take more than ten minutes, and then they headed off to find Freya.


    She had just wrapped up hertest task and was flipping to her next schedule item when a knock echoed from the door. “Come in.”


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    “Ms. Briggs, your friend’s here,” Melvin announced as he entered, Ellis a step behind him.


    Freya froze for a moment, surprised, but quickly regained herposure and gave instructions. “Show him around and introduce him to the rest of the secretarial team.”


    “Sure,” Melvin replied without hesitation.


    “And you handle his assignments,” Freya continued, her tone precise. “He doesn’t have much background in our field, so start him off with the basics.”


    Melvin gave a nod. “Understood.”


    “You can go now.”


    “Alright.”


    Melvin turned and led Ellis out.


    As they exited, Ellis threw Freya a look loaded with meaning, but shepletely missed it.


    Thankfully, the day zipped by, and Freya, neck-deep in tasks, managed to keep her emotions shelved for the time being. Time moved on, and before long, Friday arrived.


    After giving Melvin the day’s assignments, Freya made her way to Briggs Group for work.


    She wasn’t expecting to run into Kristian that day.


    But since the Briggs Group was coborating with Shaw Group, Kristian had free rein toe and go—just like n could now walk into Shaw Group’s office without a fuss.


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