Josh’s strong arm hooked around me, and I stumbled into his chest, enveloped in the clean, soapy scent of his shirt. His deep voice came to my ear, low and steady, “Focus on walking, Zoe. Don’t space out.”


    There was no way to hide anything from him.


    I pulled back, trying to smooth over the awkward moment. “You crossed a line there. Philip is my boss, and you just went ahead and assigned him work?”


    “He cameter than us. If we don’t assign him work, are we supposed to wait for him to assign us tasks?” Josh said, his tone matter-of-fact. No way to argue with that logic.


    As much as Philip might be difficult, he had no idea about the specific tasks Josh and I were handling.


    “Wait, you want to work with him?” Josh suddenly asked, a mischievous glint in his eyes.


    “Of course not,” I replied quickly, giving him a look. A sly smile flickered at the corner of Josh’s lips.


    The rest of the day passed like normal, and Philip didn’t approach us again. But Myra couldn’t hold her curiosity. She practically ran over, her voice full of disbelief. “Zoe, what’s going on? Did Philipe to supervise us himself?”


    Yes, and the kicker is he’s here to supervise you. He’ll be teaming up with you for the next phase of the testing,” I said, watching Myra’s jaw drop.


    ‘No way! I don’t want to team up with Philip! You and him are the best match-you won’t get yelled at if something goes wrong,” Myra protested, immediately rejecting the idea.


    ‘I don’t agree,” Josh said, speaking for me once again.


    Myra and I both looked at him, but Josh didn’t nce at either of us. He was focused on his work, but still managed to reiterate his point. “I don’t agree.”


    This response caught both Myra and me off guard.


    Myra looked at me, and I suppressed augh.


    ‘Zoe, look…”


    Before Myra could finish, Josh interrupted, “Zoe,e check if there’s any discrepancy in the adjustments.”


    I didn’t argue, hopping onto the lift immediately. As I rose, I caught sight of Myra pouting, her face twisted in annoyance.


    When I reached Josh’s side and leaned over to look at the screen, I froze.


    [I only want to team up with you.]


    Wait-this was the test result?


    I turned to Josh, eyes wide. “You…”


    Josh met my gaze with a mischievous glint. His expression said, “You can try exining this to Myra.”


    I sighed, shaking my head. Just as I was about to protest, Josh pressed a button on the control panel, and the message immediately changed back to a normal test result. I was left standing next to him, watching him tweak the settings on the


    tablet.


    3:04 pm;


    “Josh, you’re such a fox,” I couldn’t help but mutter.


    “What does that mean?” Josh looked at me, his face genuinely confused.


    The way he asked made me feel like he was genuinely unaware of what I meant. It was so convincing that I almost thought I’d misjudged him. But after everything I’d seen and experienced with him so far, I couldn’t deny-he was far from the innocent soldier he appeared to be.


    I looked him dead in the eye and said, “It means you act clueless, but you’re actually sharper than anyone.”


    “Me?” Josh feigned shock. “Is that how you see me?”


    “Isn’t it?” I shot back.


    Josh didn’t reply immediately. Instead, he stared at me for a few seconds before turning his attention back to the tablet. A few momentster, I felt the lift tremble beneath me.


    I gasped, grabbing onto him instinctively. The lift swayed harder, and for a moment, I thought I might be thrown off.


    In a panic, I clung to Josh, and the next thing I knew, I heard him murmur, “Zoe, what are you doing? People are going to see


    us.”


    I shut my eyes tightly, holding onto him for dear life. “It’s shaking! You have to check!”


    But I didn’t know that Josh, seeing someone approaching below, wrapped his arms tighter around my waist, leaning in close to whisper in my ear, “Stop moving, and it won’t shake.”


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