Chapter 1299:

Rather than respond, Collin held her gaze, his scowl never faltering.

Matching his glare, Linsey refused to back down.

A tense silence stretched between them as neither was willing to speak first. Nearly a minute passed in that awkward standstill before Linsey threw up her hands. “I don’t have the energy for this,” she said, exasperated.

Turning to go, she had only made it a few steps when Collin’s cold tone sliced through the air. “You still have the nerve to act all defiant, even after your stunt. You’re getting bolder every day.”

Hearing that, Linsey spun back around to face him. “I haven’t done anything wrong,” she argued, meeting his frosty glare head-on.

It felt like Collin had been waiting to pick a fight from the moment she walked in.

Without any attempt to soften his words, Collin went straight for the accusation. “Still talking back, huh? Don’t think I’m clueless. You’ve been sneaking around at Wells Group behind my back.”

silence settled as his words landed,

went rigid, a chill creeping up her spine as a

you even find out?” she managed to ask, her voice barely

you still don’t know about me,” he said, his words laced with

a sudden realization, her eyes widening as she demanded in disbelief, “Did you have someone

why she had sensed something amiss before stepping out of the house. Considering Collin’s intense need to control everything, it was unusual for him to let her leave so effortlessly. Yet, he had not only allowed it but even wished her well as


tasks at Wells Group from morning till evening, Collin hadn’t reached out—not a single call or

he had arranged

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bother denying it. Instead, he shot back, “If you’re not hiding anything, why worry

the same thing!” Linsey snapped,

debating this further; there was a more pressing issue to address. He changed the subject, his face hardening

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