Chapter 11:

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Alicia preferred to turn a deaf ear to Caden's animosity.

He opened the door and walked out without saying another word.

As soon as we left, Hank appeared.

"Mr. Ward, should I take Miss Bennett home?"

Caden's expression was colder than usual.

"That won't be necessary. You might as well use your mouth to find your way home."

Hank blinked, unsure of how to respond to that.

Alice didn't leave immediately. She went downstairs to buy some desserts and a cup of coffee. Then she went to knock on Hank's office door.

“Miss Bennett,” Hank exclaimed in surprise. “Can I help you?”

Alicia placed the sweets and coffee on her desk with a kind smile.

"I'm afraid I'll have to bother you, Mr. Ford. Please pass this on to Mr. Ward."

Hank was visibly surprised.

What shameless cruelty!

What could have been put in the coffee? Drugs?

Bleach? Battery acid? Rat poison?

Or maybe a few bugs?

Hank didn't dare pick up the coffee.

“I’m sorry, Mrs. Bennett,” she said politely, “but Mr. Ward only drinks coffee made from freshly ground beans stored in the company pantry.”

Alice lowered her eyes.

“It's okay. If it's too much trouble, then let's forget about it. “I just wanted to apologize to Caden, that’s all.”

As he pulled his hand away and straightened up, he accidentally knocked over his coffee cup, spilling its contents all over Hank's desk.

grabbed the laptop and

Hank remained

Bennett. My laptop is waterproof. Let me take care of

Alice kept cleaning it, checking every nook and cranny to make sure everything was

I turned to Alicia, I found her still fiddling with

about, Mrs. Bennett.

out

relief. But I'm really sorry. Why don't I

assure you, Mrs. Bennett, that it is

insist any further. She said goodbye to Hank, gave

her desk, Hank couldn't help but

it any further, he realized

the conference room, Caden sat at the head of the long table,

and his

plugged in his USB drive and the large white screen

Hank was about to unplug the unit when the screen suddenly

fell in the room was deafening and

no charts or graphs, not even a small piece of text. Instead, it showed a high-definition photo of a male private

Caden's face darkened ominously.

to have frozen and the device wouldn't turn off. Caden's Adam's apple bobbed once as he squinted at the

projector,” he barked at Hank. “Your laptop

the projector from the screen. What followed was a tense, almost eerie silence, probably caused by the unexpected

expressionless in appearance, a storm of emotions brewed

mouth to speak when Caden stood up and moved

"Today's session is admitted."

room, with Hank hot on

open the

to explain?” Caden asked, staring at his hapless

rushed to his desk

not only refrained from making any efforts to rectify the situation, but was also unusually quiet about the

although he kept his eyes glued

"It was Miss Bennett."

temperature in the hallway seemed to drop

but

raised his head before

you know it was her,

were my crown jewels paraded in front of my

Alicia, and

for a fun, sexy romp, but dared to take a photo

and pastries to my table before she left. She asked me to give them to her to express her apologies. The next thing I remember, she spilled the coffee all over my desk and was cleaning it off my computer. It all happened so fast, and at the time I was more concerned about the possibility that she had tampered with the coffee or

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