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.

quickly grabbed the laptop and tried to dry it with

her, Hank remained

okay, Mrs. Bennett. My laptop is waterproof.

every nook and cranny to make sure

When I turned to Alicia, I found her still

about, Mrs. Bennett.

let out a long

sorry. Why don't I go buy a

that it is not at

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

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

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

sat at the head of the long table, ever the

serious when he came to work, and his presence was significantly more

plugged in his USB drive and the large white screen flickered for a few seconds before shutting

was about to unplug the unit when the

in the room was

Instead, it showed a high-definition photo of a male

Caden's face darkened ominously.

rushed to shut down the laptop, but the program seemed to have frozen and the device wouldn't turn off. Caden's Adam's apple bobbed once as he squinted at the

“Your laptop is obviously infected with some kind

from the screen. What followed was a tense, almost eerie silence, probably caused by

face remained expressionless in appearance, a storm of emotions brewed beneath his icy

mouth to speak when Caden stood up and

"Today's session is admitted."

he walked out of the room, with Hank hot on his

to open the door

explain?” Caden asked, staring at

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

Hank not only refrained from making any efforts to rectify the

although he kept his eyes glued

"It was Miss Bennett."

seemed

know it was Alice, but how

a little surprised and raised his head before he could

did you know it was her,

tone curt. “Because those were my crown jewels

years of existence, he had only slept with Alicia, and they had just had an intimate encounter in his

dared

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 coffee or the

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