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Donovan Rhodes shut down his computer and took his suit jacket from the coat rack.
Before leaving the firm, he deliberately detoured to the doorway of Serena Stanton's office and glanced inside.
The lights were still on; Serena hadn't left.
"You're working quite hard."
Donovan was particularly confident in his political maneuvering in the office, and sneered, "Too bad your luck's run out—unfortunately, you've come up against me. The harder you try, the uglier you'll lose."
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This week, Adrian Shaw was on a business trip in New York, and Serena figured she'd be alone at home anyway, so she decided to work late at the firm.
She tore open a pack of dried red dates, snacked as she answered his video call.
After chatting, neither of them hung up; they went about their own work, occasionally hearing quiet sounds from the other side.
It wasn't until the driver arrived that Serena temporarily ended the video call.
