Chapter 53. Strange Feelings

Andre's POV

I should fire her.

The thought came as I leaned against my desk, tapping my pen against the glass surface.

It had been hours since I handed Vanessa the reports, and there had been nothing but silence—no updates, no questions, no remarks.

A part of me expected her to come running, maybe complaining that she still didn't understand the corrections, but she hadn't.

Curiosity won over patience, and before I could talk myself out of it, I stood and made my way out of the office. She had her small desk a few steps away from my secretary Grace's desk in the second office.

I pushed the door open and found her there.

Head down, resting on her desk.

Asleep.

I stepped closer, the irritation I'd been preparing slipping through my fingers.

Her chest rose and fell in a peaceful rhythm, her long lashes casting shadows over her cheeks. Strands of hair had fallen over her face, and her lips were slightly parted,