Chapter 121 A Trap
“Who is it?”
Dexter asked in his deep and gravelly voice.
Josie appeared from the dark and slowly walked into his office’s soft glow of light. “Are you always this alert, Mr. Russell”
Her canvas bag was slung over her shoulders, and her work outfit was simple. Nonetheless, the office was large and luxurious, with a high ceiling and an open view of the city. Josie felt like a small fish in a big pond.
Once he saw her, the scowl on his face faded. “Why didn’t you return to Mason Garden?*
Josie put her bag down and went closer to him. Her finger rested on his furrowed brows as she said, “I was on my way back, but I decided to wait for Mr. Russell as I saw the lights at the top floor were still on.”
Dexter grabbed onto her hands without losing the frown on his face. “I see you’re no longer afraid of getting caught.”
head. “Isn’t it thrilling
to him, leaving almost no gap between them. Dexter narrowed his eyes when he sensed
Russell whenever you seduce me.” Dexter pushed her away softly with a look of disdain masking his face. “A man’s desire cannot be easily awakened with stiff flirtation.”
feel this is right up Mr. Russell’s
clock in his ” office. It was five–hundred–year–old antique
no one better fit for this position than you. You shouldn’t act naive when you’ve got what you wanted
why he doesn’t have any friends. Who would want to be close to him when he
truly because I’m the best fit?” Josie stood behind him and looked at him in confusion. “It’s reasonable for me to save Justin. No one would doubt my intentions. But Mr. Russell, you must’ve set up a chess game and made us
and calmly stared at her. “I don’t understand what you’re saying?”
his feigned indifference. “It’s rare Mr. Russell can’t
was fully alert, like a porcupine
your weakness, so he set up a trap for you in Wavery, even though he was in Rivodia. He
manner. “So you assigned me the Sylmark project as a way to compensate me. I can’t deny that Mr.
his cigarette and threw it into the
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