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?”

that she had purposely behaved suspiciously to lure him over… No, that was

crossed his mind that her previous offer of the Coke was an attempt to test his complicity. He believed she would have warned him about the stool with glue if he were in the dark about Emma’s

Alice’s change puzzled him—she was dumb and slow, so how could she have pulled this off? Did she find out about Emma’s plan from the start? How did she learn to be shrewd in the span of a few days? Impossible! That was

then recalled her conversation with Mr. Hampton and assumed that Mr. Hampton could have suggested the revenge plan to

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

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

She had been in touch with a few heirs over the years to pick the best candidate and

was physically unable to

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

that, he had always dreamed of forging a connection with Mr. Hammond, and he once asked Emma to introduce Lester to him. It did not make sense for

to meet Lester, and why did he

and turned to Bruce. She told him intentionally, “You don’t have to keep me company here.” She even emphasized that he did not have to do so, raising her

and scrunched his eyes as his expression turned grimmer. Of course, Alice was

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

drew a sharp breath and glared at Alice. Keep you

she was. Sadly, he was unable to retort because the best rebuttal was to leave, but leaving was

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