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.

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

a nap when her phone buzzed. A message from Tinsley lit up

bringing lunch

replied, “I see.

“No need to be so formal with me. I’ll keep an eye out for you. If Verena comes again, I’ll let you

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necessary, but after a pause, she simply replied, “Okay.” Putting away her phone, she let out a sigh, lay back on the bed, and closed

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

puzzling over his absence. She hadn’t seen him since the night before. Was he avoiding her? Could it be… he was

thought brought a smile to Belinda’s lips. But as the hours crept by and Lucas remained absent, she

awoke to the same empty

to play avoidance games, fine. She had her own plans for the day. 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

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