Chapter 116

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I approached the bed, stopping a meter away.“CEO, how’s your injury?” I used the formal “CEO,” showing respect. But he ignored me. I froze, waiting for him to speak.

Evan was reading, his eyelashes lowered. He hadn’t even glanced up since I knocked. After a minute, his long, slender fingers turned a page, the movement elegant.“Secretary Wen, don’t you think your concern is a little late?” His voice, cool and detached, filled the quiet room.

to visit you earlier, but so many people were at the hospital. I didn’t want to cause rumors, so I waited

“What makes you so confident that my appearance with you would lead to such assumptions?”

I was nothing special. He was telling me no one would think that, because I was unattainable, that there was a vast gulf between our statuses, that I wasn’t worthy. It was the same condescending attitude he’d shown on the golf course when he’d rebuked me for wearing a revealing outfit, telling me not to attempt to seduce him with my beauty. An awkward silence hung in the

doorframe. Evan watched the door coldly. After a moment, he closed his book, tossed it aside, leaned

and headed for the entrance.“Leaving so soon?” Gary rushed from the living room, surprised. “The CEO was reading. I didn’t want to disturb him, Gary,” I said hastily,

again. I left quickly. Gary sighed. When Evan came out for dinner,

his chopsticks.“Are

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