Married a Secret Billionaire novel Chapter 1311

This time, the "overtime" lasted until late into the night.

Lina struggled to get up from the couch, picked up her scattered clothes from the floor, and felt sore all over her body.

"Let me help you."

Zuko wrapped his arms around her from behind with a satisfied smile. Lina felt his warm chest and his heart beating right along hers against her bare back.

She did not dare to let him help her. She quickly broke free and put on her clothes.

Zuko smiled and got dressed as well. His hand instinctively reached into his pocket, but... there were no more cigarettes.

He finally understood now what his father meant by the "cigarette money" he used to earn.

Lina forced herself to finish reviewing the last bit of information, and then Zuko took her home.

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The next day.

They slept until almost 8:00 a.m., only to be awakened by their phones.

"Is it your phone?"

"It's yours..."

"Hmm?"

They woke up, realizing that their phones were vibrating simultaneously.

One was from Lina's secretary. "Ms. Thompson, look at the news! Something happened!"

The other was from Zuko's assistant. "Mr. Hamerton, um... Uh, there seems to be a problem with the Thompson Group's project. You should check the news!"

They were startled awake and opened their phones with numerous news headlines popping on the notification screen.

A real estate company had suddenly appeared out of the blue and held a press conference, releasing the latest information about a new development.

The design of the building, both exterior and interior, and even the materials and publicity copies, were exactly the same as the project Lina was working on!

"W-What's going on?"

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When Lina got to the company, the board members were already there. Some were on Nicholas' side, and some were against him.

All of them looked at Lina with mixed feelings. The meeting room was dead silent.

Finally, someone spoke. "Ms. Thompson, we trusted you for this project!"

"But how did our secrets get out?"

"That's right!" Everyone agreed. "We put a lot of money and effort into this project. We wanted to win a big architecture award. Now it's ruined!"

"We're losing all that money. Ms. Thompson, can you explain?"