Lukas' curved his lips into a faint smile, "Don't worry, I'll buckle up right away."

His gaze held a tender and accommodating quality she had never seen before, making it almost seem like she was making a fuss out of nothing. This irritated Reese to no end. Feeling as if she's the one deliberately making it harder for the two of them.

With skillful hands, Lukas helped her fasten the seatbelt and then stepped back to start the car.

Reese's grip on the handrail relaxed, and her tense emotions eased slightly.

However, before she could completely calm down, she heard Lukas suddenly ask, "By the way, what were you doing at the May 1st Hotel yesterday?"

Reese's eyes flickered, and she struggled to keep her voice devoid of emotional fluctuations, "Catching a cheater."

Lukas thought about the intense scene in the hotel room last night and understood, to some extent, "Helping Mariel Chase?"

During yesterday's meeting, Director Hopkins had mentioned a few things of what took place to him. Although he didn't specify who was involved, after last night's performance, Lukas had a fairly good idea.

Mariel with that woman, Anika Styles, yet he still refused to call off the

matter, what does it have to do with you? Besides, I heard that you got into a fight at the

a spark

all, her altercation in the cafe was partly because of Rose's involvement. If it wasn't for that treacherous woman's ambiguous relationship with Lukas and her being close friends with that Anika Styles, Reese wouldn't have been

and two-timing despicable? Do you think I shouldn't have helped Mariel, or

face, "I didn't say I admire such behavior. Reese, you're getting a bit out

let my personal emotions get the best of me. But helping Mariel doesn't hold much value to me, losing those orders is no big deal, and I have no interest in designing for a client like that

gaze flickered as he glanced at her, "I'm not concerned about Walter's actions, and I'm not interested in whoever is wrong or right. However, I do know that you dislike such behavior, especially considering what happened with your stepsister and Clark in

Clark Joseph and her stepsister reputation showed her strong aversion

caught off guard by his words. She looked at him with surprise, "Is

to lie to you. Besides, I've already taken action. I've replaced Rose Gibbs as the brand

widened

expected him to take

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