Chapter 28

When they reached a fork in the road, Mr. Cheyne went in the correct direction, while Joshua deliberately went the wrong way. He wanted to see how Cynthia would choose. In truth, Cynthia would not choose at all. Regardless of whether she knew or not, between Joshua and Mr. Cheyne, she would unhesitatingly choose Mr. Cheyne. This was what Joshua had taught her.

“Boss…” Yoel noticed his boss going the wrong way and stopped, calling out, “Mrs. Neal’s room is this way; you’ve gone the wrong way.” Joshua turned back, and the three continued walking. Joshua focused on Cynthia, who had been calm from the beginning. “How did you know this was the right way?”

“Because Mr. Cheyne is leading,” Cynthia replied, silencing all of his suspicions.

Joshua fell silent while a panicked Mr. Cheyne worried that his boss might suspect something improper between him and Mrs. Neal. After all, he was the one who accompanied her shopping, made dinner reservations, and picked her up when she went out. What if his boss imagined something else? He anxiously waited for a response.

Frustrated, Joshua quickened his pace toward Shirley’s room. He could always send someone to investigate their collaboration later.

and asked Shirley to check if there were any

“Yes.”

“Really?”

“Really!”

it suppress Joshua?”

no one had ever intimidated Joshua, it was always the other

as well, and his expression grew somber as he contemplated how to intimidate Joshua. He needed to

and announced

“Let him in.”

“Yes.”

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