Aivi did not expect such a dinner invitation from her boss, as well as him considering her already a friend. She replied, “No need for that, boss.”
He stood his ground, “I insist. When we are outside the headquarters, we are not boss and employee, we are friends,” and then asked, “So what do you prefer eating?”
She responded, “Fish and veggies.”
He replied, “Okay.”
He drove them to a fine dining seafood restaurant with several private gazebo dining areas above a koi fishpond. It was located far from the city proper but still within the borders of Balsamea City.
As they ordered their dinner, Theo did even forget to order plain unseasoned deboned steamed fish for Lian. Lian had been allowed to the al fresco dining area since she was in her capsule trolley and also had her leash and di
