Miguel quickly circled around the front desk and headed toward the entrance.


    Romina’s gaze remained fixed on him, and seeing his flustered appearance, she suddenly found it inexplicably endearing.


    This was a situation she had never anticipated.


    Although they were supposed to be adversaries, perhaps there was actually a glimmer of hope for them.


    Around noon, Romina suddenly received a call from Joaquin, but it wasn’t to her main number–it was to her secondary line.


    That meant he wasn’t looking for her, but for ‘Rose.‘


    But Joaquin didn’t know she was ‘Rose.‘ If she answered now, her identity would surely be exposed, and she didn’t want Joaquin to know too much yet.


    After thinking for a moment, Romina simply hung up and sent him a text message.


    “Mr. Bowman, my throat still hasn’t recovered. If you have anything to say, please send me a message!”


    “Ding-<b>” </b>


    Joaquin’s phone, lying on the desk, chimed with a notification.


    When he lowered his eyes and saw the message, his brows furrowed unconsciously.


    “What’s wrong, Mr. Bowman?” Erick happened toe in with some documents, and seeing Joaquin’s expression, he asked curiously, “Did something happen?”


    Joaquin shifted his gaze from the message to Erick’s face.


    After a brief pause, he finally asked, “Is this ‘Rose‘ really in such poor health? Her sore throat hasn’t healed for almost half a month.”


    Erick was momentarily taken aback.


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    After a few seconds, he asked in return, “She didn’t answer your call again this time?”


    “Yes.” Joaquin tossed his phone onto the desk, pointing at the screen with his ringed index finger: “She said her throat still hurts, so she didn’t answer.”


    Erick leaned over to take a look, his brows slightly furrowed: “I’ve seen the videos she posted, but she never appears on camera, so I have no idea about her health.”


    “Alright, go ahead and get back to work!”


    Joaquin nced up at him, his voice low and deep.


    After Erick left, the room fell silent for a moment. Joaquin hesitated for a few seconds before replying to the message.


    Romina saw the text message in the afternoon.


    “When do you want to get the quartz hairpin back? Before the show is recorded, or after?”


    Romina stared at the message, her expression gradually darkening.


    For Joaquin to say something like that, he must be absolutely confident that he could help her retrieve it.


    Whether she got it back before or after the show, it wouldn’t satisfy Romina.


    She held her phone, lost in thought.


    Since she was going to y, she might as well y big.


    She quickly typed out a line and sent it to Joaquin.


    “I don’t just want to get the quartz hairpin back; I also want Ms. Lambert to be embarrassed on the show. Do you have any good strategies to help me with that?”


    Shortly after she sent the message, Joaquin replied.


    Romina quickly lowered her eyes and unlocked her phone screen.


    “I can help you get the item back, but before I do, I want to ask Ms. Rose: what is your rtionship with Nadine? Why do you want to retrieve that set of quartz hairpins?”


    Romina hesitated for a moment, her expression gradually darkening.


    Joaquin was a man of deep and subtle thoughts. He agreed to help her, but was still trying to


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    probe for the reason behind it.


    If her reason was inappropriate, he might not be willing to help.


    Romina quickly typed out a line and sent the message.


    “The item was a gift from an old friend. I have no connection to Ms. Lambert.”


    “I’ll contact youter.”


    Romina looked at the message, the corners of her lips involuntarily lifting into a slight smile.


    It seemed Joaquin did have a good n, but just hadn’t told her yet.


    Near dusk, Romina received a call from Jericho. He was suffering from severe diarrhea and asked Romina to check on the child.


    He was on a business trip in the neighboring city today and wouldn’t be back untilter.


    At that moment, all Romina could think about was the scene of Jericho grabbing her in the hallway that day, and she felt a surge of anger for no reason.


    But he was him, and the child was the child. She couldn’t vent her resentment toward him on


    the child.


    Romina agreed to check on the child in the evening.


    After gathering her things, she prepared the medicine and went to Landwin Vi.


    As soon as she entered the room, she saw Nadine sitting by the bed, her gaze fixed on Kashton lying there.


    Hearing the sound, Nadine turned and saw Romina.


    Romina’s gaze met hers.


    “Did Jericho call you toe?”


    Nadine quickly stood up from the chair, looking at Romina with guarded eyes.