Chapter 430:

Freya said nothing, just looked at him.

At first, he clung to the belief that she was joking.

But as he ate the rest of his breakfast and got no further explanation, doubt began to gnaw at him.

“You’re being serious?” he asked at last.

“You can ask Toby,” Freya said, glancing at her watch. “He should be getting ready for the office by now.”

Alan scrambled for his phone, finally spotting it on the couch.

Just as he was about to dial, it rang.

It was Toby. “Sir, should I pick you up from Mr. Shaw’s place, or will you be heading to the office on your own?”

Toby’s words hit like a thunderclap, snuffing out the last flicker of denial in Alan’s chest.

with

“Yes, sir.”

“You’re my secretary—do you think

acceptable,” Toby answered

“Then why let him take

him,” Toby answered plainly. “Both of you

out why his boss would choose Kristian over

had only

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call in one

defeated. “Mina, just put me out of my

Complete, all-consuming shame.

said, twisting the knife just a little deeper. “You still need to

Alan forced himself to

fighter,” Freya recalled, though her memory was patchy. “You told me not to come because Kristian was plotting to

kind of nonsense

you were going to kick his ass and

Alan stayed quiet.

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