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

Hank

Mrs. Bennett. My laptop is waterproof.

it, checking every nook and

his desk. When I turned to Alicia, I found her still fiddling with her

about, Mrs. Bennett. Everything's

out a long

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

Mrs. Bennett, that it is

further. She said goodbye to Hank, gave him a

standing behind her desk, Hank couldn't

think about it any further,

the head of the long table, ever

when he came to work, and his presence was significantly

his USB drive and

unplug the unit when the

the room was deafening and the air

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

Caden's face darkened ominously.

have frozen and the device wouldn't turn off. Caden's Adam's apple

barked at Hank. “Your

practically lunged for the cable hub to disconnect the projector from the screen. What followed was a tense, almost eerie silence, probably caused by the unexpected photo, but no doubt amplified

his face remained expressionless in appearance, a

mouth to speak when Caden

"Today's session is admitted."

walked out of the room, with Hank hot on his

open the door for his

asked, staring at his hapless

his desk to track down the source of

to rectify the situation, but was also

although he kept his eyes glued to the

"It was Miss Bennett."

hallway seemed

know it was Alice, but how did she do

a little surprised and raised his

it

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

and they

but dared to take a

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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