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 tried to dry it with a

Hank

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

kept cleaning it, checking every nook and cranny

When I turned to Alicia, I found her still fiddling with her

to worry about,

let out a

sorry. Why don't I go

that

didn't insist any further. She said goodbye to Hank,

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

could think about it any further, he realized it was time

sat at the head of the long table, ever the

came to work, and his presence was significantly more intimidating

his laptop over to begin the meeting presentation. He plugged in his USB drive and the large white screen flickered for a few

unplug the unit when the screen

that fell in the room was deafening and

a small piece of text. Instead,

Caden's face darkened ominously.

program seemed to have frozen and the device wouldn't turn off. Caden's Adam's apple bobbed

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

from the screen. What followed was a tense, almost eerie silence, probably caused by the unexpected photo, but no

a storm of

when Caden stood

"Today's session is admitted."

walked out of the room, with Hank hot on his

to open the door for his boss, but Caden stopped

Caden asked, staring at his

Hank would have rushed to his desk to track down

to

back, although he kept his eyes

"It was Miss Bennett."

in the hallway seemed to drop

was Alice, but how did she

raised his head before

you know it was her,

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

Alicia, and they had just had an

fun, sexy romp, but dared to take a photo

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

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