If that was the case, why did she not warn him about the glue before he sat down?

“Shh…” She placed a finger on her lips. “I’d advise you to keep quiet. If you attract any attention…” She trailed off right there, but she made herself clear. It would be embarrassing if word got out about his predicament. How funny would it be to hear that the Mr. Yeager was glued to the stool?

“Ethan, I guess Alice is only discussing stuff with Bruce. Yes, that must be it. They must be discussing Woland Group.” Irvin helped Alice out, mostly because he could not stand the hostility coming from Ethan, but even he believed that he sounded unconfident.

From their direction, they did not have a full view of Bruce’s face or a clear idea of the conversation between the two. However, they witnessed the wide grin on Alice’s face that was hard to miss. Ethan’s eyes looked calm, but upon closer look, one would detect the threatening air.

Irvin let out a sigh in secret and held his tongue. The situation seems bad!

On the second floor, Bruce gritted his teeth, seething with resentment. He was stunned to see the smile on her face. “Alice, you did this on purpose.”

“Yes, I did.” She admitted to it without hesitation. She would always own her actions, and her confession was bold and direct.

“You—” He was surprised by her honest confession. The calm look on her face almost made him choke on anger. Suddenly, he thought of a question. “How did you know I was coming over? And how did you know I’d sit on this stool?”

She gave him a look. “Well, you’re sitting on it now, aren’t you?”

her with complex emotions. It seemed that she had purposely behaved suspiciously to lure him over… No, that was wrong. She wanted to get Emma to approach her, but he confronted

believed she would have warned him about the stool with glue if he were in the dark about Emma’s plan. Too bad he knew all along and chose to

about Emma’s plan from the start? How did she learn to be shrewd in the span of a

with Mr. Hampton and assumed that Mr.

Emma’s words distracted him. The real reason she came to him was to get some clues

was to ruin the engagement between them. That way, she could marry Bruce! They had been in contact over the years, and he was one of

her many targets. She had been in touch with a few heirs over the years to pick the

him. I’ll sit here for a while.” Bruce was physically unable to leave but was too

by his rejection. In these few years, he had never turned her down. He even promised

once asked Emma to introduce Lester to him. It did not make sense for him to turn

he refuse to meet Lester, and why did he

She told him intentionally, “You don’t have to keep me company here.” She even emphasized that

eyes as his expression turned grimmer. Of

up in such a short time. Since Emma had arrived, she decided it was

breath and glared at Alice. Keep you company? You like to make bold statements, don’t

she was. Sadly, he was unable to retort because the

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