The sound of splashing water came from the bathroom. Mavis took off her dirty skirt and stepped into the bathtub.
The warm water washed over her body, washing away all the fatigue and unhappiness of today.
Leaning lazily in the bathtub, she accidentally saw the bathrobe he had left at home.
Obviously they can spend tonight happily...
After a while, a thick fog rose in the bathroom, covering the expression on her face.
After soaking in the bath, Mavis came out in his bathrobe and threw herself on the bed, smlling greedily his pillow.
It pillow still smelled like Anthony.
She looked at the ceiling, trying to sleep and forget the unhappy things, but sleepiness seemed to be against her. She was not sleepy at all.
She was used to having Anthony by her side, used to sleeping with the sound of his breathing, used to his arms, his chest.
Today, the night was too quiet.
In the end, when it was dawn, she barely fell asleep.
After the alarm rang in the morning, Mavis sat up from the bed in an instant, dressed quickly and went downstairs, as if someone was urging her to do something.
"Mavis ..."
Before Rebecca could finish her next word, Mavis had already run out of Callahan Residence.
It seemed that as long as she was busy, she will not think about those unhappy things.
Squeezing herself in the crowd in subway and bus, she finally finished clocking in at work before nine o'clock.
Panting, Mavis came to her table and sat down, suddenly realizing that now that Anthony was away, no one would arrange tasks for her.
Her position was Anthony's personal assistant, which was different from other assistants.
She got up and went to Anthony's office, watered the plants in the office as usual, and packed the things on his desk.
There were still unclosed documents on his desk, which can also prove that the departure was sudden, because Anthony had always been a person who loved to organize and store.
After tidying up everything, Mavis took the elevator down from the top floor, and all the company employees were surprised to see her listless look.
Some people started talking.
"Didn't she commute with Mr. Callahan all the time? Why did she leave so early today? It seems that she hasn't seen Mr. Callahan since she got off work yesterday."
"Who knows, a person as outstanding as Mr. Callahan has many suitors, let alone capable women. It is very difficult for someone like her to win Mr. Callahan's heart."
Mavis paused slightly when she heard their discussion, feeling depressed.
After leaving the company, she walked down the street in a daze, recalling the conversation of those few people just now.
Yeah, they were right. If she had powers like Lyra's, she could help him, and he wouldn't have to fight alone.
Anthony will fall in love with her within this time.
Even if they became strangers later on, she won't blame him, but she just blamed her lack of ability to stand side by side with him.
After wandering outside for a long time, Mavis found that she had nowhere to go except Callahan Residence.
When she went back home, she happened to meet Rebecca for dinner.
Seeing that Mavis came back so early, Rebecca hurriedly said enthusiastically, "Mavis, you are back. Are you busy today? Come and eat together. Today I asked the chief to prepare your favorite food..."
After hearing what she said, Mavis went upstairs as if she didn't see Rebecca.
Seeing this situation, Rebecca shook her head helplessly, sighed and murmured, "Oh, Anthony, hurry up and come back, or Mavis will fall in lovesickness."
After returning to the room, Mavis sat blankly by the desk, which was full of books Anthony was reading.
Anthony would read books for an hour every night before bed.
Mavis directly picked up the top book and read it.
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