Chapter 175
Af this point, Quincy couldn’t help but let out a sigh, “I mean, no offense, but Ms. Hawkins is living the dream.”
Before Charlene and Stewart could even process his words, Quincy dropped another bombshell, “Check this out. Ms. Hawkins and her team were pulling all-nighters over the weekend, right? But the project was still at a standstill. Then, out of nowhere, Mr. Henderson drops into the office after 7 pm yesterday, works his magic on the core of the project, and just like that, everything starts to fall into place. And here’s the juicy part.”
Quincy leaned in, continuing, “Rumor has it, Mr. Henderson and Ms. Hawkins ended up crashing in the office. upstairs and haven’t been seen since last night.”
At the last bit, Quincy gave Stewart a suggestive eyebrow raise.
Stewart caught on immediately.
He was implying that after wrapping up work last night, Thorne and Vesta… in the upstairs office…
Stewart covered Charlene’s ears, exclaiming, “My ears are tainted!”
Charlene was speechless. She heard everything. Covering her ears now was a bit too late.
Besides, Jasmine called Thorne this morning, and guess who picked up? Vesta. That pretty much said it all.
Just as Stewart was about to add his two cents, Vesta appeared.
He let go of Charlene’s ears and huffed, “Well, look who’s up.”
Quincy, spotting Vesta too, cleared his throat, “Alright then.”
Vesta seemed in decent spirits, albeit a bit worn out.
After all, she had been pulling all-nighters for days, and last night, she was reportedly with Thorne upstairs-
Quincy coughed lightly. Her looking exhausted was to be expected.
Vesta nodded at Stewart in greeting before quickly shifting her focus away, heading into the meeting room with her project team.
Charlene and Stewart took a short break before getting back to their tasks.
As lunchtime neared, Charlene and Stewart were in the midst of deciding where to eat. That’s when Thorne
walked in.
Catching a glimpse of her, he quickly averted his eyes and made his way to the meeting room where Vesta
was.
Seeing him enter, everyone in the room stood up to greet him, except for Vesta, who remained seated but looked up and smiled at Thorne, “You’re here?” “Yeah,” Thorne replied, “How’s it going?”
“Getting there. Starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
“Good to hear,” Thorne said, then turned to the others, “You’ve all been pushing hard these past few days. How about we all grab some lunch together?”
It was clear Thorne was treating everyone to a meal.
Hearing this, Vesta’s team was over the moon, feeling fortunate to work under such leadership.
Suddenly, Vesta suggested, “Maybe I should also invite Mr. Ferguson and the others?” She meant bringing Stewart, Charlene, Quincy, and their project group along. Typically, only those in intimate relationships, like couples or spouses, would think to include others in such plans.
: Thorne had no objections. “Sounds good.”
Vata got up and headed towards Stewart and Charlene’s side.