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.

Alice quickly grabbed the laptop and tried to dry

Hank

laptop is waterproof. Let me take

it, checking every nook and cranny to

coffee off his desk. When I turned to Alicia, I found

nothing to worry about, Mrs. Bennett.

let out

I'm really sorry. Why

you, Mrs. Bennett, that it is not at

Hank, gave him a shy smile

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

it any further, he realized it was time for

head of the long table, ever the

came to work, and

plugged in his USB drive and the large white screen

unit when the screen

that fell in the room was deafening and the air cracked with

piece of text. Instead, it showed a high-definition photo of a

Caden's face darkened ominously.

laptop, but the program seemed to have frozen and the device wouldn't turn off. Caden's Adam's

at Hank. “Your laptop is

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

remained expressionless in appearance, a storm of emotions brewed

to speak when Caden stood

"Today's session is admitted."

room,

rushed to open the door for his boss, but

explain?” Caden asked, staring at his

normal circumstances, Hank would have rushed to his desk to track down the source of the

efforts to rectify the situation,

he kept his eyes glued

"It was Miss Bennett."

temperature in the hallway seemed to drop

know it was Alice, but how did

surprised and raised his

know it was her,

Caden replied, his tone curt. “Because those were my crown jewels paraded

he had only slept with Alicia, and they had

she hadn't just blindfolded him for a fun, sexy romp, but dared to take a photo of him when he was

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

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