“It’s right there!” Tessa instinctively turned her head around and pointed toward the shredder, causing her lips to brush against Stephen’s.

The second their lips touched, she immediately shot to her feet. “Stephen!”

He had purposely inched closer toward her just now, causing their lips to brush up against each other.

Tessa was slightly enraged as she exclaimed, “Can you stop playing around here? I’m busy, and I don’t have time for your nonsense.”

Seeing that Tessa was truly pissed, Stephen quickly toned his behavior down a notch and picked up the stack of papers. Then, he gently coaxed, “Ms. Yates, don’t be mad. I really didn’t see the shredder just now.”

“You’re lying!” Tessa’s face was flushed red, and her voice had raised a few octaves.

Stephen walked up to the shredder and began placing a few pieces of paper inside. “Don’t be mad, Tess. Why don’t I treat you to dinner to make up for things? We can go to your favourite barbecue restaurant.”

“I don’t want to!”

At that moment, someone knocked on her door.

Tessa took two deep breaths and calmed herself down before she said, “Come in.”

It was Lester knocking.

He was dressed in a suit, and behind his gold-rimmed glasses, there was amusement in his eyes. “Since when had Mr. Jacobson started doing the odd jobs that our assistants would usually handle?”

Tessa was not in the mood to joke around, and her expression was dark as she said unhappily, “Some people just have too much time on their hands.”

Sensing that she was in a bad mood, Lester paused and collected himself. Concerned, he asked, “What’s wrong? Did something upset you?”

Before Tessa could speak, Stephen cut in, “She’s currently busy, and you’re interrupting her work. How can she possibly be happy about that?”

Once again, Tessa was at a loss for words.

Lester’s expression fell before he asked, “Should I go, then?”

“Go on, now.” Stephen waved his hand, trying to dismiss him.

Tessa turned to Stephen and asked, “Can you stop it?”

Shutting his mouth, Stephen continued to shred Tessa’s papers in silence.

Lester looked at Tessa before turning to look at Stephen again, while Stephen looked at him with a smile.

Suddenly, Lester noticed a red

smudge at the corner of Stephen’s lips.

oe red smudge seemed t

extend from his lower lip to the

edge of his chin.

Lester’s expression darkened. When he met Stephen’s eyes, Stephen looked like he was gloating as kis eyes were filled with smug provocation.

Lowering his gaze, Lester’s voice was void of all amusement as he said, “Then, I’ll leave you to your work, Ms. Yates.”

With that, he turned to leave.

Stephen smirked and continued shredding Tessa’s papers.

Tessa was slightly confused by the look in Lester’s eyes, so she turned to look at Stephen in confusion.

Stephen had lowered his head and was humming while he shredded her papers. It was obvious that he was in a great mood.

She continued to stare at him, trying to figure out the reason behind Lester’s sudden mood change.

Feeling her gaze on him, Stephen smiled and said, “You keep saying that you don’t like me, but your body is very honest.”

Tessa’s cheeks turned red as she exclaimed, “What nonsense are you spewing?”

“I said

eyes are very

hidering that you keep

looking at me,” Stephen said

as he

looked up and met Tessa’s gaze.

The smirk on his face was extremely annoying as he added, “What’s wrong? Did

you misunderstand me or something?”

“What do you mean? Don’t try to slander me,” Tessa replied before noticing the red smudge by his lips.

At that moment, she froze.

Her lipstick had rubbed off on him, and Lester had seen it!