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

Hank

okay, Mrs. Bennett. My laptop is

cleaning it, checking every nook and cranny to

coffee off his desk. When I turned to Alicia,

worry about, Mrs. Bennett. Everything's

let out a long

sorry. Why don't I go

that it is not at

any further. She said goodbye to Hank, gave him a shy smile and finally left

desk, Hank

it any further, he realized

Caden sat at the head of the long table, ever

he came to work, and his presence

to begin the meeting presentation. He plugged in his USB drive and the

was about to unplug the unit when the screen

room was deafening and the air cracked with

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

Caden's face darkened ominously.

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

Hank. “Your laptop is obviously

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

remained expressionless in appearance, a storm

mouth to speak when Caden stood up and moved

"Today's session is admitted."

of the room, with Hank hot on

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

to explain?” Caden asked, staring at his hapless

circumstances, Hank would have rushed to his desk

to rectify the situation, but

although he kept his eyes glued to

"It was Miss Bennett."

in the hallway seemed to drop a few

know it was Alice, but how did she

and raised his head before

it was her,

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

thirty years of existence, he had only slept with Alicia, and they had just

she hadn't just blindfolded him for a fun, sexy romp, but dared to take a photo of

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

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