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.

the laptop and tried to dry

her, Hank remained

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

it, checking every nook and

his desk. When I turned to Alicia, I found her

worry about, Mrs. Bennett. Everything's

let out a

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

Bennett, that it is not

any further. She said goodbye to Hank, gave him a shy smile and

her standing behind her desk, Hank couldn't help but feel a

any further, he realized it was time for the

Caden sat at the head of the long table, ever the

when he came to work, and

his USB drive and the

to unplug the unit when

room was deafening and

graphs, not even a small piece of text. Instead, it showed a high-definition photo of a

Caden's face darkened ominously.

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

the projector,” he barked at Hank. “Your laptop is obviously infected with some

a tense, almost eerie silence, probably caused by the unexpected photo, but no doubt amplified by the forbidding energy coming

in appearance, a storm of emotions

Caden stood up and moved

"Today's session is admitted."

walked out of the room, with Hank hot on his

rushed to open the door for

asked, staring at his hapless

to his desk to track down the source of

making any efforts to rectify the situation, but was also unusually

although he kept his eyes

"It was Miss Bennett."

the hallway seemed to drop

Alice, but how did she do

surprised and raised his head before

it was

replied, his tone curt. “Because those were my

nearly thirty years of existence, he had only slept with Alicia, and they had just

just blindfolded him for a fun, sexy romp, but dared to take a photo of him when he was

Bennett brought coffee 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

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