Chapter 6. You Can Count on Me!

After that family dinner, Mika and Alex didn’t talk much. It seemed like Mika had been keeping her distance from him as she always remembered what Alex’s parents told her. A sigh of disbelief came out of her mouth while thinking about that again. She was preoccupied and didn’t notice that Sam had come inside after knocking on the door. Sam found her bothered, and then he knocked on her table gently.

“Ma’am, I just to- “

“Sam, you’re here.” Then there were tears flowing from her eyes while looking at him. She couldn’t explain it, but it seemed like she had to cry in front of him. She felt much better being with him in her office.

“Come with me,” without explaining everything, Mika went out of her office and headed down toward her car. Sam looked confused while staring at her.

“What is this?” She then threw the keys at him.

“Please... drive the car for me.” Mika went inside the car, an