Chapter 1419

“I agree. Go ahead with your plan, George said, clapping Alaric on the shoulder with a reassuring thud.

*The Reeds have really thrown you a lifeline in business. Try not to burn bridges with them,” Michael reminded Alaric before he left. After casting a meaningful glance at Hertha, he made his exit.

One by one, the rest of the stakeholders filtered out of the room.

At the conference room door, only Hertha and Alaric remained.

The once bustling space quieted down, and the air seemed to thicken with an odd tension that made Hertha feel uneasy, her heartbeat picking up pace.

“Um, I actually…”

“Sorry you had to see that circus, Alaric cut in before she could continue, his normally carefree eyes clouded with a certain gravity.

The roguish charm that usually danced in his eyes seemed to have dimmed, leaving him looking decidedly deflated.

He was apologizing to Hertha for having to witness such an unbecoming scene.

that state, but the last person he wanted to be seen like that by

she had

dragged through the mud,

apology, he turned to leave.

the image of the embarrassed, guilt–ridden man before her with the flamboyant, carefree Alaric she

him was now overshadowed by

restraint was heart–wrenching to see.

to reality and noticing Alaric walking away, Hertha hastily

at his sides, but he

He noted Alaric’s troubled expression and Hertha standing behind him near the conference

door.

today, and it wouldn’t have been the first

in the boardroom.

Hertha may have stumbled upon it, and Hertha was the one person Alaric cared about the most.

didn’t expect her to be at the conference room door,”

this time.

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