His Wicked Obsession (Archer and Virginia) novel Chapter 195

Archer didn't reply, silently following her guidance to sit on the treatment recliner nearby.

Lying down with his six-foot-two frame made the chair look slightly cramped, but as soon as he closed his eyes, the deep crease between his brows slowly smoothed out.

Virginia dimmed the lights in the room, using a steady, rhythmic pace to guide his breathing for relaxation.

Five minutes later, his breathing became even and deep.

He was asleep.

She stopped the guidance, returning to her desk to continue her work, only occasionally glancing up toward the recliner.

He slept straight from three in the afternoon until six in the evening.

Virginia didn't wake him up.

At ten past six, a series of footsteps echoed in the clinic hallway, followed shortly by a soft knock on the door.

Virginia glanced at the deeply sleeping Archer, then got up to answer it.

"Hello, Ms. Caldwell. My boss..." It was Zachary Cole at the door.

Halfway through his sentence, he saw the sleeping Archer on the recliner, and his words abruptly died in his throat.

He froze for two seconds, his expression complex.

"Is there something wrong? Do you need me to wake him?"

"No, no, no." Zachary lowered his voice, looking genuinely distressed. "The boss... hasn't been doing well lately. He even zones out during daytime meetings sometimes."

"When I checked the logs of the service robots at his home, I saw he was ordering coffee at three or four in the morning for the past few days..."

Saying that, he glanced toward the recliner, then turned back.

"I've been with the boss for almost seven years, and I've never seen him like this."

Virginia's face showed no emotion, though her grip on the doorknob tightened.

She understood what Zachary meant.

Archer was like a robot programmed with a set routine, even when it came to sleeping—

If he had no work, he washed up at nine-thirty and was in bed precisely at ten. If he had work, he still ensured he was in bed by eleven.

But now...

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