Love and Devotion No Longer His to Claim by Dream Fish

Dexter's presence here meant he wasn't entirely indifferent to Angela.

For Bill, this was a golden opportunity. It meant he could continue leveraging his self-proclaimed role as Dexter's future father-in-law to gain benefits. This was nothing short of fantastic news.

"I heard she works here, so I stopped by," Dexter said casually, his gaze sweeping over the group before landing on Angela.

"Are you upset?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

Angela looked at him as if she'd seen a ghost. "What are you doing here?"

She wasn't buying his story of just happening to pass by.

"I thought I'd take you out for a meal and have a chat." A faint smile curved his lips. "Need help?"

Angela rolled her eyes at him and was about to retort sharply when a thought struck her. His presence exuded authority, which could save her the trouble of dealing with these idiots on her own.

"Perfect timing. Hector tried to harass my colleague. I found the evidence, but he's refusing to apologize..."

"Nonsense!" Hector, terrified, waved his hands frantically. "I'll apologize right now."

He quickly turned to Angela and bowed. "I was wrong. Please, Ms. Graham, be the bigger person and don't stoop to my level."

"You don't even know who you should be apologizing to?" Angela shot him a disgusted look.

hurriedly turned to Yvonne and bowed even deeper, his humility so exaggerated it seemed like

...

two walked out together, but Angela suddenly felt a burning gaze

looking at?" She turned abruptly, catching Dexter with his

Angela snorted coldly,

suddenly become a celebrity? Are the standards for

Grandma bought his fame with money. If it makes her happy, what can

arm, signaling that she was going

redirected toward

to ruin

course there is," Dexter replied. "Ask me nicely, and I'll

up on

a well-known

had something important?" Angela was highly

poured her a cup of tea

faintly. "I had a feeling you'd run into trouble today, so I came specifically to help. After all, you're my wife... at least in name. Your reputation reflects on

kindness often concealed ulterior motives, so Angela decided not to engage

food, however, was

meal, Angela suddenly thought about the

like the food?

thoughts and didn't respond for