Chapter 16: Opponents

“Why are you still here? Don’t you have meetings to attend?” Annalise inquired when she saw Zeno in the dining area, sipping his coffee while waiting for his wife to arrive.

It was now lunchtime and Annalise was puzzled while looking at her husband, who was just chilling there as if he didn’t have any appointment to attend at his office.

“I took a leave for a month,” Zeno clarified when he saw her face, baffled.

“Why?” Annalise asked, then decided to sit on the chair.

“There’s no reason for me to take a leave. I’m the owner, after all,” he retorted, which made Annalise shake her head in disbelief.

She knew that he could just take a break all of a sudden, but it was rare for her. Annalise raised her left brow and asked herself. “Am I missing something?”

“We’ll be having a tour in New Zealand,” he declared, breaking the deafening silence between them.

“Huh?” Annalise reacted. She glanced at her husband and she saw that he had just declared it as if it was just nothing.

Zeno felt her gaz