Meeting Alex

Scarlett was surprised to see Alex in her office, he had his head buried in a huge pile of documents. “What are you doing here?” she asked with raised brows as she shut her office door behind her and approached the desk.

Alex's head came up fast and his eyes widened in surprise before he was abandoning the documents, getting up and circling around the desk with his arms held open for her, “Scarlett, you did not tell me you were coming back today”

Scarlett accepted his hug but because of her bump, she could only give him a side hug, “Sorry, my phone's battery died, and I forgot to charge”

“Yeah, I noticed. I have been calling you for days. You should have found a way to charge, then, call me to pick you up.” Alex's hand lingered a bit on Scarlett's back when she began to pull away.

They separated from the hug and Scarlett failed to notice that Alex did not want to let her go at first but changed his mind later.

Scarlett moved to sit down, “I told you my aunt seized my phone. She only