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

Hank

is waterproof.

nook and cranny to

of the coffee off his desk. When I turned to

worry about, Mrs. Bennett. Everything's

out

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

Mrs. Bennett, that

said goodbye to Hank, gave him a shy smile and finally

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

further, he realized it was

conference room, Caden sat at the head of

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

plugged in his USB drive and the large white screen flickered for a

unplug the unit when the screen suddenly came back

room was deafening and the air

or graphs, not even a small piece of text. Instead, it showed a high-definition

Caden's face darkened ominously.

Hank rushed to shut down the laptop, but the program seemed to have frozen and the device wouldn't turn off. Caden's

off the projector,” he barked at Hank. “Your

What followed was a tense, almost eerie silence, probably caused by the unexpected photo, but no doubt amplified by the forbidding energy coming off

expressionless in appearance, a storm of

Caden stood up

"Today's session is admitted."

walked out of the room, with Hank hot

to open the door for his boss,

to explain?” Caden asked, staring

would have rushed to his

making any efforts to

back, although he kept his eyes glued

"It was Miss Bennett."

hallway seemed to drop a few

it was Alice, but

surprised and raised his

did you know it was her, Mr.

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

had only slept with Alicia, and they had just had

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

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

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