Chapitre 164: Mosquito Bite

** Harper **

When Harper hurried to the conference room after a quick shower and a change of clothes, it was only two minutes before the meeting's starting time. Lindsey, who was her presentation partner of the day and was waiting anxiously at the podium, let out an audible sigh of relief at the sight of her and looked almost ready to give her a bear hug.

"What happened?" Lindsey asked in a low voice as Harper scurried over. "You're always at least fifteen minutes early to every meeting, even back in the office! Don't tell me you overslept your alarm on a day that actually matters?"

Harper winced. "I—" Damn, she hadn't had the time to come up with a good excuse yet while she rushed to get ready. "I, um, took a bit too long with … breakfast …"

That was a super lame one, but fortunately, Lindsey didn't seem to have suspected anything out of the ordinary. "Geez." She simply rolled her eyes. "I know the food is good at the resort, but come on—"