C270 That Night of Romance

Both were plagued by sleeplessness, each unwilling to shatter the stillness of the night with a word, leaving the tension between them unbroken.

"Daisy, starting tomorrow, don't go to work," Emmanuel finally said, breaking the silence as he remembered the issues with the Morse Group.

"Yes!" she replied, astonishingly without a single question.

"Unless the old lady personally comes to apologize