At the mention of this, there was a vicious glint in Xander's eyes. It was fleeting yet intense.

"Hmm, you don't need to worry about it."

Grace caught it and raised her hand to straighten his collar.

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Grace's eyes were more determined than ever. She looked almost as intimidating as Xander.

Over the years, she had been through a lot. She was no longer the naïve young girl she once was. She knew that in this circle, there was never such a thing as peace.

Xander caught her hand and said, "Through thick and thin?"

"Yes, I remember."

She also knew why he had said that at the time.

The vicious look in his eyes faded. He held her hand and caressed it in his palm.

"No, Gracie, you don't have to stoop so low for me."

earlier, at

the company at the age of 18. He was well-known as an authoritarian in the

notifying anyone and made a surprise visit

panicking, barely holding onto their documents as

a white shirt and black pants. He looked cold and showed no emotion as he entered the elevator. Behind him, his secretary at the company's headquarters, Hazel Yale, appeared. "Jake secured the city's subway project, and with two years of

the elevator and asked,

"He's..."

and opened. The secretariat staff saw him and immediately moved

stop them. "Do you know who

No one dared move.

to the executive office open and stood

very ambiguous. A handsome but cunning man sat in the main seat. A half-undressed woman was

patted the woman's back.

stepped forward, found a remote on the messy desk, and pressed

having fun, Jake. Bringing women into my

"Can't you see

ran out,

handle it." Xander didn't

understood. She grabbed the

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