Chapter 490

The office fell into an awkward silence, the Instigator Leonard adjusted his clothes, cleared his throat, and then turned and ran

Xan, he thought to himself, “that’s your husband. I’m outta here, cover for me!”

“Hey! Leonard.”

“Xannie, what are you doing here?”

“Boss, I just saw Mr. Marlowe and Mrs. Lockwood.”

Cedric was about to expose Xanthea and Leonard for eavesdropping outside, but Xanthea cut him off.

She pushed Onion away, her slender, beautiful fingers pressed against his chest, taking the offensive, “You have the nerve to ask me why

I’m here? If I hadn’t come, how would I have discovered you, a married man, flirting with some siren out here?!”

Orion’s gaze faltered, confusion knitting between his pretty brows.

“Siren?”

“Mm–hmm.”

the

talking about that woman who ran off super fast! I heard her whole

“Confession?”

Orion’s eyes

“Still pretending!”

no idea. I was on

tiny Bluetooth earpiece from the desk. Xanthea was stunned at

them, Cedric quietly raised

was listening to me report

figures for the company. The call ended just

3

for quite a while and

out to him, and he didn’t hear a word? No wonder his last response was something completely unrelated like “You’re blocking the sunlight.”

Pfft.

laugh but then remembered what Seb had told her. Many socialites had visited Willowdale hoping

were. attention. Just when they thought the moment

too

was hard to say whether they were pitiful or if

care even if he heard the confession,

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