CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

Chapter 1655

Yet, only an hour had gone by—or even less—before she was back. Furthermore, he could not hear any emotions in her voice.

“Come in,” Stanley then said without dwelling on it anymore.

Hearing that, Joyce returned her hand to her side and inhaled deeply. Once she pushed open the door, she greeted, “Mr. Quinn.”

Stanley hummed in response. “You're back.”

Joyce nodded, but she kept her gaze lowered as she walked toward the table. “I came back after taking the thermal food jar home. There isn't any hot water left, so I'll go and get some.”

With that, she took the kettle, about to head to the kitchen.

Staring at her retreating figure, Stanley called out, “Wait.”

Joyce halted in her tracks. “Anything I can help you with, Mr. Quinn?”

“Turn around.” Stanley frowned when he realized she kept talking without looking at him.

Joyce lifted her head a little and bit down on her lower lip, but most of her face remained out of sight from Stanley's eyes. “Mr. Quinn, please tell me what you need help with.”

Once he figured out that she was refusing to turn around, he furrowed his brows even tighter and lowered his voice. “Joyce, I told you to turn around.”

Then, he added, “Don't make me mad, okay?”

There was no way Joyce was going to remain stubborn after that, so she knitted her brows and reluctantly turned around.

However, that did not seem to satisfy Stanley. “Raise your head and look at me.”

Irritation pricked at her.

She did not understand why he was insisting she turn around when he could have just told her what he wanted.

Not only did he want her to turn around, but he even wanted her to raise her head to look at him.

He was clearly trying to make things difficult for her.

Fury roared through Joyce's mind, but she dared not show it on her face. After a sigh, she slowly lifted her head to look at Stanley.

Despite that, she kept her eyes half-lidded.

Stanley barked out a laugh in anger, but he said nothing else after that.

He was aware that her turning around and looking at him was a significant act of relenting, and he understood that constantly pushing her to give in would push her to her limits.

If she ended up crying...

Stanley's expression turned serious, and he abandoned his previous train of thought. Instead, he inquired, “You didn't just come from the Rivers residence, did you? You were outside the room earlier, right?”

Joyce's eyes shifted, but she remained silent.

So he did hear me break the glass and guessed that it was me.

When he heard nothing but silence from Joyce, Stanley continued saying, “You overheard quite a bit of my call, didn't you?”

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