Chapter 215: Digging for Secrets
** Harper **
Harper didn’t end up staying at Eli’s place on Sunday night. After finishing their desserts like normal, boring people, she hung around only long enough to make sure that Tyler didn’t return with vengeful flames trailing behind him, then went home — her boyfriend seemed quieter than usual for most of the night, either because of the headache or because he was trying to process everything that happened during the day, so she fought back her clingy impulses and gave him the space to take some calm rest.
Needless to say that it was hard for her to fall asleep herself that night, even with the help of the teddy bear. She showed up to the office on Monday in the state of a groggy zombie, yawning as she slumped into her chair.
"Morning, team leader." Lindsey swiveled around in her seat. "Too much gaming over the weekend?"
Harper chuckled, trying to wake up her sleepy brain. "Nah, family drama." She stifled another yawn and turned on her computer, adding casually, "How was your weekend?"
"Oh, it was great as long as that family drama of yours wasn’t about your new boyfriend. Please don’t tell me you’ve had your first fight already! I just nominated you guys for the golden couple of the year, so don’t let me down!"
"... You what?" Apparently Harper was indeed too sleepy to catch up with Lindsey’s logic flow. It was amazing that people were already considering Eli her "family" ... but what was that golden couple of the year about?
"Aah, surprise surprise. It’s a brand new project that has everything to do with how my weekend was!" Lindsey gestured to the cubicle behind them. "A couple of us were here on Saturday, and we did something fun on a whim. Check it out and prepare to be impressed!"
Harper followed the direction her coworker was pointing to.