Chapter 212

The phone was prominently placed on the coffee table. A call had come in. Naomi had a look at it before looking at the bathroom. The water was still running, so Scott must not have heard it. Even if he heard it, he would not come out immediately. Naomi took her briefcase and sat in front of the table. She still had some time. Scott had finished washing up and came out of the bathroom. The phone on the coffee table was no longer ringing. He looked at Naomi, who was working by the window. A light rain was going on outside the window. It covered the entire city in a blurry fog. The lights in the room were switched on. Naomi was on a chair as she flipped through documents, reading and notating seriously. She was focused on work, not letting the gloomy weather—or anything else—affect her. She did what she had to do. He looked at her for a long time before heading into the walk-in closet. Both their clothes were there. He took a shirt and got dressed in front of a mirror, buttoning