Sophie stood up and began to sort through the documents in her hands.


    Coincidentally, on her first day of internship, she was assigned to apany coborating with Burke


    International


    To outsiders, Palm’s Jewels seemed to have minimal financial interactions with the Burke family, with


    only a few project coborations In the past. However, the economic growth of Palm’s Jewels over the


    years was closely linked with Burke International


    Their rtionship was anything but ordinary.


    If it hadn’t been for her recent need to confront Burke Intemational, which led her to conduct extensive


    research, she wouldn’t have


    known about this connection


    It seemed James had left quite a few contingencies in ce.


    The internship work was dull and mostly consisted of menial tasks.


    water workstat


    At that moment Sophie’s phone pinged with a message from Reece. He had sent a photo of her


    cking off at her


    Sophie immediately realized what was happening and looked up to spot Reece standing just outside


    the employee area, surrounded by a few assistants


    He gave her a casual smile.


    Sophie remembered that Reece had been making waves in the entertainment industrytely, having


    risen above Conn in status. Today Reece was here at Palm’s Jewels to discuss a partnership.


    Palm’s Jewels was a high–end domestic jewelry brand, and she had put in considerable effort tond


    this business deal


    That young man indeed had some skills.


    “Sophie, where are the files I asked you to organize? Alexis asked impatiently.


    Training new staff was always tiring, especially when faced with their youthful faces that reminded


    Alexis of her own fading youth


    “Here they are “Sophie handed over the documents to Alexis.


    Alexis nced through them briefly, noticing that Sophie’s attention was still outside.


    Following Sophie’s gaze, she caught sight of Reece and naturally assumed Sophie was flirting with


    him. She scoffed coldly. “Focus on your job and stop daydreaming.”


    Then, Alexis turned and walked away.


    1. er. She wasn’t nning to take this internship or its people seriously, as it was just


    Sophie let thement go in one ear and out the other. for a month.


    Dung lunch, Sophie casually ordered some takeout and was about to fetch some hot water outside the


    employee area when a hand


    d her into aer.N?velDrama.Org (C) content.


    e was dressed in a trendy white suit, his shirt open to reveal a sleek line of chest muscles, and a silver


    earning a touch of allure.


    “Ms. Sophie, don’t you think you owe me an exnation?”


    g in his left ear adding


    Sophie opened her mouth. Faced with Reece’s question, she hadn’t intended to hide anything. “I’m


    studying at Eastwood College, you knew that, right?”


    Reece remained silent, waiting for her to continue.


    Sophie said, “Eastwood College has an internship requirement for graduates, and the school assigned


    me here.”


    Reece seemed to be gauging the truthfulness of her statement.


    Sophie pushed Reece away, saying, “Technically, I’m your CEO, so why are you questioning me?”


    “Sorry, I always thought we were partners,” Reece corrected.


    Sophie didn’t argue. She hadn’t nned on having Reece as a subordinate anyway,


    With Reece’s potential to be a leading actor in a few years, rather than having him under her at


    this time, it made more sense to partner with him for a mutually beneficial long–term rtionship.


    Sophle looked around. An actor pulling aside a staff member during lunch break would surely make


    headlines if the security cameras caught them