Ayu lifted her head in surprise. Boss was...laughing?
Did he even know how to laugh?
"Oh Ayu..." he sighed between laughs.
Things had been far to stressful for him. Today, he even had to dodge that Lim princess. And now his assistant was begging him not to leave his wife and chase her.
Looking at Ayu's still confused expression, he shook his head and decided to explain.
"I would never chase anyone else, except Madam. I was in an awkward situation today, where I had to protect her identity. That's why I used our phone call as a decoy."
His explanation satisfied Ayu. She always took his words at face value.
Her cold, calm composure returned as if she had never been flustered at all.
She quietly picked up the file she had dropped earlier.
"Here you go boss, we found yet a few more facial recognition matches on Victor Tachibana. He has been active in areas with suspicious activity."