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.

bowed even deeper, his humility so exaggerated it seemed like his forehead might touch the

...

together, but Angela suddenly

She turned abruptly, catching

Angela snorted coldly, a

Trevor... How did he suddenly become a celebrity? Are the standards for stardom that low these

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

her arm, signaling that she

toward

there some way to ruin him?" Angela muttered through gritted

is," Dexter replied. "Ask me

giving up on the

Dexter led her to a

had something important?" Angela was highly

a cup

you'd run into trouble today, so I came specifically to help.

ulterior motives, so Angela decided not to engage with

food, however, was

Angela suddenly thought about

"Don't like the food? Should I order a couple more dishes

lost in her own thoughts and didn't respond for a