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.

grabbed the laptop and tried to dry

her, Hank remained

Mrs. Bennett. My laptop is

kept cleaning it, checking every nook and

rest of the coffee off his desk. When I turned to Alicia, I found her still fiddling with

worry about, Mrs. Bennett.

out a long

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

you, Mrs. Bennett, that it is not

further. She said goodbye to Hank, gave him

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

further, he realized

conference room, Caden sat at the head of the long table, ever the

had always been serious when he came to work, and his presence was

USB drive

to unplug the unit when the screen suddenly came back

in the room was deafening and

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

Caden's face darkened ominously.

have frozen and the device wouldn't turn off. Caden's Adam's apple bobbed once as he squinted

“Your laptop is obviously infected with

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 by the forbidding energy coming off

a storm of

to speak when Caden stood up

"Today's session is admitted."

he walked out of the room, with Hank hot on

Caden's office, Hank rushed to open the door for his boss, but Caden stopped

Caden asked, staring at

his desk to track down

from making any efforts to rectify the situation, but

his back, although he kept

"It was Miss Bennett."

seemed to drop

it was Alice, but how did she do

raised his head before

did you know it was

Caden replied, his tone curt. “Because those were my crown jewels paraded

he had only slept with Alicia, and

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

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

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