Chapter 1007 Madam Young's Birthday

"Lucas should be more agreeable now. Oh, he just woke up. Maybe you could..." "Sorry, Astoria, I've got to run." I quickly ended the call, and the room fell silent. Staring out at the overcast sky, I was grateful for last night's good sleep that kept the grogginess at bay. Back from Tully City, a mountain of tasks awaited me at Scott Corp. I headed straight to the office after rising. … At Scott Corporation, Minerva dumped a stack of files on my desk with a sigh. "Year-end's coming up, and there's no shortage of work. Uncle Marcus was worried you'd be stuck in Tully City too long, that these files would just keep piling up. Luckily, you're back." The sight of my desk, buried in paperwork, gave me an instant headache. Just days away and it looked like a paper avalanche. Any longer and I would have been buried alive in my own office. Such were the woes of the working class. I took a deep breath and told Minerva, "Looks like I'll be having my lunch at my desk today." She nodded