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—”

slammed

dumbfounded

muttering, “I thought you rendered yourself impotent seven years ago since you were never interested in women. Turns out

“He's gone. Come out.”

After a while, Bailey stepped out of the restroom with her pretty face covered

in a trembling voice, “Just stay there. We'll

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

He has

don't I go out and wait? We'll talk after

on the second floor of Pocket Guest Restaurant at

“Huh?”

squeezed the sentence through gritted

this woman see that I'm about

fled in a

her journey back to the Jefferson residence. After venting her

still refuses to touch me when he's already

questioned, “Is he impotent? Was Bailey the one who destroyed his functionality

“T-That's not possible, right? I mean, it was a pretty long night...

useless 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

said coldly, “That little brat must've drugged the soup because he wanted to frame me. I hate myself for being too kind a few years

to speak, the

have to take

out and saw that it was her best

“Hey, Quin. What's up?”

bad has happened, Ronni. Half an hour ago, a woman entered Mr. Luther's office, and she didn't come out until just now. Her clothes were all messy when she stumbled out. Judging by her appearance, it seemed like she did something

from the couch

you say?

then reiterated what

answer, Rhonda slumped

time when Artemis was drugged and

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

in their right mind could've guessed what had happened during that half-an-hour

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