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

her, Hank remained

Mrs. Bennett. My laptop is waterproof. Let

every nook

wiped the rest of the coffee off his desk. When I turned to Alicia, I found

to worry about,

let out a long

really sorry. Why don't I

assure you, Mrs. Bennett, that it

insist any further. She said goodbye to Hank, gave him

watched her standing behind her desk, Hank

could think about it any further, he

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

work, and his presence was significantly more intimidating when

USB drive and the large white screen flickered for a few seconds before

unplug the unit when the screen suddenly

the room was deafening and the air

screen showed no charts or graphs, not even a small piece of text. Instead, it showed a high-definition

Caden's face darkened ominously.

and the device

projector,” he barked at Hank. “Your laptop is obviously

What followed was a tense, almost eerie silence, probably caused by the unexpected photo,

appearance, a storm of emotions brewed beneath

Caden

"Today's session is admitted."

the room,

rushed to open the door

Caden asked,

normal circumstances, Hank would have rushed to his

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

kept

"It was Miss Bennett."

seemed to

Alice, but

raised his head before

did you know it was her,

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

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

him for a fun, sexy romp, but dared to take a photo of him when he was

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

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