Shrouded Affections Winning Back My CEO Wife

Chapter 59

Chapter 59:

Eileen’s waist collided with the table’s edge, her expression twisted in agony. Vivian’s question hung unanswered in the charged air.

Unfazed by the audience of coworkers, Vivian stepped closer. “Eileen, you’re shameless!”

With a swift motion, she reached out to strike Eileen.

Yet, Eileen caught her wrist, her gaze steady. “Blaming me isn’t going to work. This has nothing to do with me. We’re at work. Act like it.”

Kian and Vivian thought Eileen was an easy target, stirring up trouble and urging her to engage with Bryan when they should be asking Bryan to solve this.

Vivian struggled to free her wrist, her cheeks flushed with effort.

“So what? Are you scared?” Vivian taunted. “Scared everyone will see you for who you are? That they’ll judge you for sleeping with the boss?”

Eileen met her gaze coolly. “I’m just afraid you’ll embarrass yourself.”

Releasing Vivian, Eileen smoothed her attire and returned to her office.

The secretarial staff witnessed Eileen’s clash with Vivian. Upon Eileen’s return, Karla approached her with a stack of documents in hand.

Karla wanted to ask about the altercation, but noticing Eileen’s somber expression, she chose not to say anything about that and left.

The whispers had cast a pall over the office. Eileen was also lost in thought about the enigma entwining Bryan and Vivian.

A suspicion tickled the back of her mind. Perhaps…

Lₐtᴇst chαptɘrs in g𝒶lnovels.𝗰𝓞𝗺

Bryan didn’t love Vivian.

Memories of Bryan and Vivian’s interactions drifted through her mind.

She couldn’t quite figure out if her suspicion was true.

A sharp sound snapped the quiet of the office; the door swung open. Eileen looked up to find Kian strolling in casually.

His conversation with Bryan remained a mystery, but the smile on his face had returned.

His eyes, however, were icy and calculating. “You have days left,” he told Eileen.

Eileen didn’t know if Kian was testing her by appearing clueless about the matter with Jonathan. She didn’t want to beat around the bush with him. “Jonathan’s out of the hospital. He won’t take legal action against Bailee,” she said.

Kian, eyebrows arched, lounged against her desk with a nonchalant air.

Bryan is comforting her. Eventually, they’ll be together. You should walk away from Bryan

Warren,” she held her ground. “Yet, my fate

time he had seen someone so fearless in the face of power. He offered a pat on her shoulder, a gesture heavier than

I, we’ve been acquaintances for some time. I appreciate you a lot. But

those words,

unassuming in style but screamed luxury, making clear

him was unthinkable

She knew that her life hinged

Bryan, her life would be

Bryan’s office, her smile was soft,

Vivian stayed here

joined Bryan for lunch with

was on the cusp of forty, a widower with

Apex Group had involved delicate negotiations with Harlan. His company had been on an upswing, making his partnership

deal with Harlan had been the key to Eileen’s leap from intern to full employee, prompting her to arrange numerous meetings with

his son, aiming for top-ten class ranks as a condition

third place. Harlan, impressed,

towards Eileen multiple times. So, Bryan had barred Eileen from continuing

almost a year since Eileen

a lot. Then, he said to Bryan, “Mr. Dawson, when I sing praises for your assistant, it’s all in good spirits. Why the long face? I’ve noticed

ash off his

clear and bright. The soft light reflecting off her glass of red wine played across her

Vivian’s polished

Clarkson, you can’t be serious. Our venture

but remained keen on engaging

buttons of his shirt

conversation with Eileen

in such high regard, perhaps you should have a few drinks with him to

and instructed, “Pour Mr.

of displeasure, and he discarded his cigarette, about to snatch the bottle from Eileen’s hand when Eileen nodded in agreement. “You’re right. I should pour Mr.

rose to attend to Harlan’s

about past encounters, she knew Harlan always

asked her out for meals privately before and had gratefully accepted her

a defensive stance against him

Bryan, his

let’s hope for the continued smooth sailing of our collaboration,”

action earned Harlan’s respect. “‘Indeed. Dawson has no pretenses, and Eileen, your competence is impressive,” Harlan

glass, toasting, “Here’s to

Then, he said, “Don’t feel obliged to drink up. A sip is

with a smile. But she still finished her glass and then settled back into her

flicker in Eileen’s peripheral vision. Harlan beckoned Bryan for a