Chapter 121

• [A day before…]
• “I still don’t get it,” Ajax’s deep voice echoed in the room, while Vincent and he sat in his office across from each other. “Why did you agree to it?”
• It was a bright day outside, the sun at its peak. It had to be one of the hottest days in the past few months—something Sonia Halest had been grumbling about since the second she watched the weather forecast. Ajax wouldn’t have given up on his workaholic nature if it hadn’t been for Noemie drawing that adorable face and wrapping her arms around his neck.