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.

in suspicion as the latter rushed to the elevator. Then, she seemed to have suddenly thought of something. She

nap when her phone buzzed. A message from Tinsley lit up the screen. Her lips

lunch to Mr. Clark at

replied, “I see.

with me. I’ll keep an eye out for you. If Verena comes again,

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after a pause, she simply replied, “Okay.” Putting away her phone, she let out a sigh, lay

returned to the Clark family estate afterward. After dinner,

seen him since the night before. Was he avoiding her?

as the hours crept by and

the same empty

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

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