Chapter 8

• “What’s with you? You keep looking at the door and seem uneasy these past few days. Are we expecting someone?” Tao sprawled over Meilei's desk to perch on his elbows beside her screen and examine her face. It hadn’t gone unnoticed that Meilei had been acting strangely the last few days, and she seemed so on edge she had been borderline snappy. Her entire team was wary of bothering her. Everyone except Tao.
• “Nothing… Did you finish running the errors on the diet tracker? Users are complaining the calorie library is glitching.” Meilei was all business today, trying to focus on anything besides the fear of running into Kai in this building. This week, the Inhale app ran its first tests with real beta users. If all went well, they would officially launch the one-stop women’s health app as soon as marketing set up a plan.
• She had been so careful. Coming to work early and getting up here before any executives would normally show face. She was not wandering about and bringing lunch, so she wouldn’t stray out to eat or use the canteen. She was trying to prevent any possibility of seeing him. She and Ling had worked out so many ways in which she could avoid a person in a building as large as theirs for the next four months.