Alice rubbed her face against the soft blanket and grimaced at the sunlight streaming through the window.
“Umm, what time is it?”
Alice reached out to find her phone.
Hmm, but what is this blanket feeling?
Alice slowly unfurled her previously scrunched-up face. As she lifted her eyelids, a strange room came into view.
“What is this?”
Where am I?
Alice’s mind snapped back to reality.
Ha, what happened yesterday…
She remembered feeling sorry for the young Ryan at the dining table, but why was there no memory after that?
‘What on earth happened?!’
Alice fumbled to check her clothes.
Fortunately, the wig and clothes she had been wearing were still in place.
Looking around the room again, she realized it was the guest room on the first floor.
‘Did the vice president move me?’
That seemed unlikely.
The Ryan she knew wasn’t the type to kindly take someone to their room just because they were drunk.
Did she come in here thinking it was her room because she couldn’t make it to the second floor?
That was the only possibility. Alice concluded that she either crawled in on all fours or walked in on two feet, one of the two.
As she turned her head in a circle, she spotted her glasses on the table.
When did she take them off?
Shaking her head vigorously, Alice decided not to dwell on it.
By the way, what time is it now?
“Work?”
Alice hurriedly searched for her phone, which she had been looking for earlier.
No matter how much she fumbled around, her phone didn’t seem to appear.
‘Ha, I must have left it outside.’
Alice quickly stood up, determined to find her phone, and headed for the door.
Wait! How am I feeling?
She almost opened the door thinking it was the second floor.
Alice headed to the bathroom attached to the room.
Looking in the mirror, she saw her face was covered in freckles and spots from rubbing it against the blanket.
“If I had gone out like this…”
She would have definitely been caught.
Alice put her glasses back on and tidied her hair.
But the problem still wasn’t resolved. There were no tools in this room to fix her face.
“Has the vice president already gone to work?”
She didn’t even know what time it was, nor did she know if Ryan had left for work!
“I might end up being late!”
I don’t know!
Alice just rolled herself up in the blanket from head to toe, leaving only her eyes peeking out as she scanned her surroundings.
‘Run to the kitchen, grab my phone, and then dash back to the second floor.’
It was a plan to run without thinking.
Standing at the door, Alice squeezed her eyes shut, hoping Ryan had already left for work, and flung the door open.
As she prepared to run, she spotted a figure moving on the sofa.
‘Thud,’ her heart sank.
No way…
“Why are you here? You scared me!”
Alice quickly turned her back to Ryan.
“Why did you suddenly pop out of your room? You scared me too.”
Unlike the flustered Alice, Ryan’s voice was calm and relaxed.
Who would have thought he would be sitting there?
The plan to run without thinking had failed.
Alice turned her back to Ryan and stealthily made her way to the kitchen. She grabbed her phone from the table and headed for the stairs to the second floor.
Ha, she was going to be late. She had woken up at the time she was supposed to leave.
The clock she checked as soon as she grabbed her phone was already telling her she was late.
She still felt a bit dizzy, as if the alcohol hadn’t worn off yet.
“Why are you in such a hurry?”
Ryan’s relaxed voice came from behind her.
‘But why hasn’t he gone to work yet?’
“I’m going to be late.”
I have a lot to prepare.
“Why worry when I’m here?”
That’s true? That means…
“So you’re saying I can take my time getting ready and come down?”
You have to wait here until I come down, right?
Alice’s voice was filled with desperation.
“I heard from Secretary Alii that you were quite heavy yesterday.”
Alice’s desperation was neatly ignored.
She almost turned her head to follow the tail end of Ryan’s words.
Why did that statement connect so well?
“Did you… move me? Vice President?”
“Yeah.”
Ryan’s confirmation made Alice’s earlobes flush. The thought that she had been in his arms made her feel embarrassed.
“Thank you.”
Alice slightly bowed her head and then raised it to speak.
“Of course.”
After responding with an awkward smile, Alice moved to prepare for work. But it seemed Ryan wasn’t done talking yet, as he held her back.
“I’ll make you Army Based Stew instead, so take your time getting ready and come down.”
This was a tempting voice that suggested she should take full advantage of the high-ranking Ryan.
