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?”

behaved suspiciously to lure him over… No, that was wrong. She wanted to get Emma to approach

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 plan.

how could she have pulled this off? Did she find out about Emma’s plan from

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

you want to meet him?” Emma’s words distracted him. The real reason she came to him was to get some clues about Alice’s behavior. Moreover, she

They had been in contact over the years, and he was one of

many targets. She had been in touch with a few

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

her down. He even promised to marry her

of forging a connection with Mr. Hammond, and he once asked Emma to introduce Lester to him. It

refuse to meet Lester,

keep me company here.” She even emphasized that

Of course, Alice was in

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

Keep you company? You like

never stay back to keep her company, given how dumb and unattractive she was. Sadly, he was unable to retort because the best rebuttal was to leave, but leaving

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