Chapter 69

That day, Jacob got back home at midnight. He expected Isabelle to be asleep already, but to his surprise, she was in the kitchen, baking cookies. “Hi,” she greeted cheerfully when he appeared in the kitchen doorway. “How was your day?” Smiling at her cheerfulness–which he found quite odd at such a late hour–he said, “It was good, thanks. Why aren’t you asleep yet?” He had barely seen her the past weekend because she had ended up spending most of her time at the company, working on the final design for the Green Leaf project. She had looked awfully tired that morning, and he thought that once her design was approved, she would take the opportunity to have a good rest. Instead, here she was, baking at midnight. “I haven’t seen much of you the past three days because I’ve been working overtime, so I wanted to wait for you tonight.” “Oh?” he asked, as warmth spread in his insides. Did she realise how that sounded? It was like they were a real couple. Had she missed him? He knew he had mis