Grayson, who was sitting in the front, immediately turned around to look at me. "Ms. Chloe, are you going back to Nocturnia?"

"Yes," I affirmed. "I want to see my family. This is something between me and Atlas. I won't let him face it alone."

"Looks like the capitalist is going to exploit someone again!" Ryan looked at me and said, "He has a convincing reason, too!"

"Do you have any objections?" I looked at Ryan provocatively.

But I secretly believed that Ryan would eventually need to take over this company entirely. I couldn't promise that I would be able to visit the company every day after giving birth to the baby, after all.

And I couldn't guarantee that I would report to the company during the several months of pregnancy, either.

Ryan must have felt a little trapped.

"I don't have any objections, but I feel like I've boarded a thief's ship," Ryan said. "I can't get off now."

Grayson chuckled. "I'm afraid you'll never get off in this lifetime," he teased.

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