Chapter 43

SYDNEY'S POV I slammed my laptop shut and some of the attendees raised a brow. I smiled back at the person and turned back to the speaker for the day. The day had been hectic since I arrived in the morning. It was one work after another, one meeting after another. We had just finished the first session of the seminar on jewelry design that was hosted in our company. Thankfully there was a short break before the second session again. I traipsed to my office, dumped my laptop on my desk and walked out of the building complex, exhausted. I just wanted to be alone while getting some fresh air after being stuck in that conference room for hours! I walked to the cafe next to the office building for a cup of coffee. The cafe was a perfect place I could hide and none of the other employees would spot me and start trying to engage me in a conversation I wasn't interested in. After ordering my coffee, I got a seat on the far end of the cafe, just beside the cafe's glass walls. At first, I found