Chapter 20- work
Lilian threw herself completely into revising her thesis and preparing for the final defense. She practically camped out at Tiffany’s place, sneaking food and drinks while dedicating all her energy to this one goal. Naturally, she had neither time nor mental space to contact Morrison.
What could she do? Only when she saw Morrison in person did she really remember she was his girlfriend. When they didn’t meet, it was like the whole relationship slipped from her mind.
On Morrison’s side, after Lilian asked for a break from seeing each other, there was absolutely no chance he’d reach out first. His pride and ego wouldn’t allow it.
Sean, on the other hand, was desperate to find out who this mysterious girlfriend was. He hoped Morrison would make some move so he could dig up some gossip. But for nearly a week, Morrison stayed completely low-key—working during the day, staying late for overtime or social events at night, no hint of a date anywhere.
Morrison went about his life like nothing was different, but Sean was getting restless.
One day, Sean stormed into Norton’s office.
"Boss, Morrison’s been working late or out at social events every night this week. No dates at all. Do you think they broke up already?"
Norton had no interest in office gossip, but hearing the word "breakup" made him frown.
"Just a few days and already breaking up? Shows you that dating someone your own age is the only way to make it last."
Neither of them had any idea that the handsome and capable Morrison had actually been ordered not to see anyone right now—hence no dates.
Later, Sean couldn’t hold it in. When he went in to report on work, he casually added,
"Boss, why haven’t you been going on any dates these past few days?"