If you hadn't witnessed it yourself, who would ever believe it? Mr. Christensen-a man famous for keeping his distance from women-had his phone answered by a woman.

"Yes, just a moment. I'll let him speak with you," Anthea said, then leaned over to hold the phone up to Sherman's ear.

"Hello.” Sherman's lips barely parted, his normally cool voice now edged with an extra chill. "Have Four Corners handle negotiations at the southern construction site. I want your department's proposal on my desk in three days."

He already held a commanding presence, but when it came to business, that authority was almost magnetic.

Anthea couldn't help but think it was a shame.

How could someone this remarkable choose to live like a monk?

When the call ended, Anthea set the phone back on the center console, then casually opened the car's mini-fridge and pulled out a box of dessert.

At some point, Sherman's fridge had become stocked with every kind of sweet treat imaginable.

Maybe... even Sherman himself hadn't noticed it.

Meanwhile, on the other end of the line, the head of the planning department was stunned.

He'd thought the rumors about the "future Mrs. CEO" circulating in the office chat were just gossip.

But it was true.

And her voice-she even sounded beautiful.

be even more

he closed it again. As a department head, he had to set an example. Gossiping about the boss in

at her apartment before heading back

death; at her first trial, with all the evidence stacked against her, she received life imprisonment, with the sentence suspended for

now strictly limited

was

out the window at the sky, her eyes burning with

Why?

it that after Anthea left the Morris family, her life only got better, while Rebecca's

But at least...

least she

never let Anthea

in Rebecca's heart

Hector had been learning all sorts

he headed

the Yeager family's apartment building, he spotted Anthea chatting and laughing with Alex.

a bit

off major

Oh no.

Sherman's got competition.

jumped in his car and

headquarters, racing up to the

his desk,

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