“Mr. Brooks often talks about you.”

That was the first sentence Elzi received when she visited Rachel in her office one afternoon. Armed with a monthly report that she had to submit to her new department head, just as she settled into a chair, Rachel gave her a warm smile.

Elzi returned the smile, although she knew her smile would not be as graceful as Rachel's. Deep down, she could not stop praising Rachel's beauty, realizing that Immanuel's compliments were not exaggerated at all. If anything, they might even be an understatement.

“He mentioned that if there's anything, I should contact you.”

Putting the report, which she had not fully...