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.

Alice quickly grabbed the laptop and tried

Hank remained

is waterproof. Let me take care of

checking every nook and

rest of the coffee off his desk. When I turned to

nothing to worry about, Mrs. Bennett. Everything's

let out a

sorry. Why

Mrs. Bennett, that it is not at all

to Hank, gave him a shy smile and

her desk, Hank couldn't help but

could think about it any further, he realized it

conference room, Caden sat at the head of the

and his

the meeting presentation. He plugged in his USB

unit when

that fell in the room was deafening and

a small piece of text. Instead, it

Caden's face darkened ominously.

down the laptop, but the program seemed to have frozen and the device wouldn't turn off.

barked at Hank. “Your laptop is obviously infected with some kind of

to disconnect the projector from the screen. What followed was a tense, almost eerie

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

speak when Caden stood up and moved in front of

"Today's session is admitted."

walked out of the room, with Hank hot

to open the door for his

Caden asked, staring at his hapless

Hank would have rushed to his desk to track

making any efforts to rectify

straightened his back, although he kept his eyes

"It was Miss Bennett."

temperature in the hallway seemed to drop

but how

a little surprised and raised his head before he

it was

curt. “Because those were my crown jewels paraded

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

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

pastries to my table before she left. She asked me to give 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

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