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?”

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

glue if he

she have pulled this off? Did she find out about Emma’s plan from the start? How did she learn to be shrewd

conversation with Mr. Hampton and assumed that Mr. Hampton could have suggested

Bruce, here you are! Lester Hammond has arrived. Do you want to meet him?” Emma’s words distracted him. The real reason she came

plan was to ruin the engagement between them. That way, she could marry Bruce! They had been in contact

was right—he was merely one of her many targets. She had been in touch with a few heirs over the years to pick the best candidate and marry into

In these few years, he had never turned her down. He even promised to marry her once he tied up the loose

a connection with Mr. Hammond, and he once asked Emma to introduce Lester

meet Lester, and why did he

to keep me company here.” She even emphasized

his expression turned grimmer. Of course, Alice was in the

approach her at some point, but she did not anticipate Emma to show up in such a short time. Since Emma had arrived, she decided it was time for the show. She was never vindictive, for she always took her revenge on the

Alice. Keep

how dumb and unattractive she was. Sadly, he was unable to retort because the best rebuttal was to leave, but leaving was a luxury he could not afford at that

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