Chapter 121:

Her hand had barely grazed the doorknob when the door was suddenly flung open from the outside. Verena instinctively stepped back several paces. Once she steadied herself, she looked up and locked gazes with the man who had just entered.

In that split second, Verena’s body went cold. Kane had not expected to run into Verena here, of all places. “Miss Reed,” he said, his eyebrows raised ever so slightly, his lips curling into a mischievous smile. “Fancy seeing you here.”

Verena forced a smile. “Hello, Mr. Clark.”

“You are leaving already?” Kane asked.

“Yes, I won’t be disturbing you and Lucas. Have a nice chat, you two.”

With that, Verena fled the office without waiting for Kane’s reply.

Kane merely chuckled to himself and walked into the room.

Lucas’ office. She watched in suspicion as the latter rushed to the elevator. Then, she seemed to have suddenly thought of

just settling in for a nap when her phone buzzed. A message from Tinsley lit up the screen.

bringing lunch to Mr. Clark at the

“I see. Thank you,

be so formal with me. I’ll

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Tinsley that it wasn’t necessary, but after a pause, she simply replied, “Okay.” Putting away her phone, she let out

on time for once and returned to the Clark family estate afterward. After dinner, she accompanied Harold on a brief stroll before retreating

Lucas still hadn’t returned. Belinda found herself puzzling over his absence. She hadn’t seen him since the night before. Was he avoiding her? Could it be… he was feeling

lips. But as the hours crept by and Lucas remained

same empty

Since she had the day off, she decided to prepare a thermos of soup and pay a visit to Triumph Consortium. She was curious to see if she

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