"Sophia, you're here already?" Christopher greeted her with his usual over-the-top enthusiasm.

“Nothing too serious,” Sophia said, with a polite smile tugging at the corners of her lips. “I can’t let work be delayed just because I wasn’t feeling well. Besides, Mr. Adams, if you're here this early, it wouldn't be right for me to slack off just because of a little illness.”

Christopher, who had been expecting the previous haughty attitude from her, was ...