章 35: The contract

"What?!" Nikki choked on her morning coffee, her eyes about to bulge out from their sockets. "Are you pulling a prank right now, Anna? Because if you are, you've successfully pulled my leg on that one."

Anna shook her head, calmly taking her cup of cocoa, her eyes gazing on the horizon. The sun was yet to rise and there they were, sitting outside their favorite coffee house close to Nikki's workplace.

It has been a while since Anna and Nikki shared breakfast. Before Anna built the agency, usually, the two of them would be hitting the same coffee house early in the morning, laughing and talking about some things before separating.

This became a routine for them when they initially started it. However, since both of them were busy, the routine became once a week until it fell to twice and eventually landed on being once a month. Then, rarely.