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.

have suddenly thought of something. She took out her phone and typed out a message. After reading it once to confirm the

was just settling in for a nap when her phone buzzed. A message from Tinsley lit up the screen. Her lips curved into a cold

Clark, I saw Verena bringing lunch to Mr. Clark at the

replied, “I see. Thank you,

be so formal with me. I’ll keep an

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simply replied, “Okay.” Putting away her phone,

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

since the night before. Was he avoiding her? Could it be… he was

as the hours crept by and Lucas remained absent, she eventually drifted to sleep,

awoke to the same empty room. Her eyes

She had her own plans for the day. Since she had the day off, she decided to prepare a

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