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.

and tried to dry it

Hank remained

My laptop is waterproof. Let me

Alice kept cleaning it, checking every nook

coffee off his desk. When I turned to

about,

let out

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

you, Mrs. Bennett, that it

to Hank, gave him a shy smile

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

about it any further, he realized it was time for the

sat at the head of the long table, ever the picture of sophisticated

came to work, and his

USB drive and the large white screen flickered for a few

Hank was about to unplug the unit when the screen

room was deafening and the air cracked

text. Instead, it

Caden's face darkened ominously.

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

barked at Hank. “Your laptop is obviously

followed was a tense, almost eerie

expressionless in appearance, a storm

to speak when Caden

"Today's session is admitted."

of the room, with Hank

Hank rushed to open the door for his boss,

asked, staring

would have rushed to his desk to track down the source of

Hank not only refrained from making any efforts to rectify the situation, but was

straightened his back, although he kept his

"It was Miss Bennett."

seemed to drop a

Alice, but

little surprised and raised his head before he

you know it was

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

only slept with Alicia, and they had just had an intimate encounter in his

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

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

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