Minutes turned into hour as Grace and Dr. Kian studied the recent report 2025 provided them of its ongoing study on the plants affected by the Shadow Rain.
While they were sitting opposite one another when they began, now they had shifted on the same couch and were sitting side by side.
Every now and then, their shoulders would brush against each other's in the slightest, their thighs would graze a little before they would pull away as unexplainable feelings started blooming deep within their bodies. And despite all this, both of them kept a calm expression on their faces as they discussed their future plans.
It was completely beyond Grace's understanding on how the serious atmosphere ended up turning into its current tensed one.