Chapter 25

Artemis finally let Bailey go after a few seconds of stalemate.

The woman jumped up from the couch almost as soon as she was released.

His face darkened further when he saw how she was avoiding him like he was the plague.

She wasn't playing hard to get. Instead, she genuinely hated him and wanted to stay as far away from him as possible.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

There were knocks on the lounge's door, and Artemis asked in a low voice, “Do you want to hide in the restroom, or are you just going to stand here and let them see you?”

Do I even have an option?

Bailey turned around and walked toward the restroom.

Artemis watched her leaving figure while wearing a grim expression.

This d*mned woman didn't even hesitate to escape from me. Would she act this way in front of Edmund?

Dwayne's charming face came into view when the door was opened.

Artemis asked in an icy cold tone, “What is it?”

Dwayne grinned before standing on tiptoe and peeking into the room. “I heard that Ms. Rhonda brought you some soup. Where is she? Don't tell me you got excited and devoured her on a whim...”

“Shut up,” Artemis growled.

Dwayne's gaze slowly moved down and landed on the place between Artemis' legs. He arched a brow and smiled.

What a boring man. He was enjoying himself alone.

“Are you done? If you're done, get lost.”

Dwayne rubbed his nose and smiled sheepishly. “Do you need me to go to the entertainment company under Luther Group to find you a popular actress? Those women are all young and pretty, and they—”

lost!” Artemis slammed the

dumbfounded

were never interested in women. Turns out you've been doing it privately. If the others know about this, they'll be so

“He's gone. Come out.”

from the restroom. After a while, Bailey stepped

and said in a trembling voice, “Just stay there. We'll talk like

gaze on her. “Do you think I'm in the right state to talk to

has a

go out and wait? We'll talk after you're

of Pocket Guest Restaurant at seven

“Huh?”

squeezed the sentence through gritted

that I'm about to

fled in

Rhonda cried throughout her journey back to the Jefferson residence. After venting her emotions to Beatrice, she

when he's already in

a tight knot. After moments of silence, she questioned, “Is he impotent? Was Bailey the one who destroyed his

possible, right? I

things. Are you really giving up on him if there's something wrong with him? Don't be silly. You're basically kissing wealth and glory goodbye if you do that. Just think

deep breath and suppressed the uneasiness in her heart. She said coldly, “That little brat must've drugged the soup because he wanted to frame me. I hate myself for being

about to speak, the phone in

to

took it out and saw that it was her best friend, Quinny,

“Hey, Quin. What's up?”

Luther's office, and she didn't come out until just now. Her clothes were all messy when

from the couch in

you say?

then reiterated what she

definite answer, Rhonda slumped

time when Artemis was drugged and

after she left, a woman entered the CEO's office and stayed in there for half an hour before

guessed what had

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