Chapter 7

“Seriously?” Dashiel was shocked when I told him that I met Mikea at the night market where we went last night.

He went here in my office first thing in the morning to nag at me because I left him there, but I immediately shut him up with that.

“Yeah,” I said. “We coincidentally met at the exit of the market.”

“Is she alone?”

I shook my head. “She is with someone. He introduced him to me as her friend. His name is Francis.”

“Oh.”

Well, I am aware that Mikea is the reason why Dashiel kept going here even though he doesn't work here. He likes my secretary though I don’t know when and where they met because it is clear to me that they already knew each other before Mikea applied to my company.

“She will come here later so you can just ask her about what happened on her day off,” I said. “Now, tell me what is the news of the deal that we had yesterday.”

“Ah…” He took out something from his pocket and put it on my table. “You can call him a