Chapter 56

I hadn't expected Bruce to come and bring me medicine so late at night. For a moment, I felt both bewildered and guilty. But then, considering our meager relationship, it wouldn't make sense for Bruce to go through all this trouble just for me. So, I guessed that it might be related to the couple's chat. As I looked at the code I'd been happily working on, an inexplicable feeling of annoyance suddenly washed over me. I softly thanked Bruce for the medicine—deliberately avoiding the matter—and politely said, "I'm not done with my code yet, so I won't be sending you off, Mr. Harold." Basically, I was chasing him out. Bruce was taken aback. He stood rooted in his spot as his gaze swept over my mittens. He shot me a puzzled look. "Didn't you turn the heater on?" The heater? Did he think this was Roeval Group? In old office buildings like ours, having air conditioning was miraculous enough, let alone a heater. I forced a smile. "I'm not cold." However, Bruce didn't respond to m