Chapter 156:

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Caden was at home, absorbed in work when Jerald's call came.

Alicia was lying on the couch next to him, preparing for her lessons. When she heard Jerald's voice, she discreetly moved to the balcony to give Caden some privacy.

The balcony door was soundproof, ensuring that they would not disturb each other.

Alice settled back, hoping to concentrate on her preparations.

However, it wasn't long before his notes became disorganized and chaotic.

His thoughts kept returning to the room.

Unable to resist the temptation, he took a look inside.

Although she couldn't hear the conversation, Alicia could see Caden's expression quite clearly.

His lips moved occasionally, indicating that he was responding with some words.

For the most part, his expression remained unchanged. However, after spending so much time with him, I could sense his displeasure.

It was clear that Jerald's words were especially harsh. Alicia was well acquainted with Jerald's temperament. No matter how successful Caden became, he always remained the unappreciated son in Jerald's eyes. True to form, Jerald was not content with scolding Caden, but resorted to physical violence. He hit Caden so hard that it seemed like he didn't care if he caused serious harm.

Alicia absentmindedly flipped through her book, but her attention returned to the room when she noticed that Caden had hung up the phone.

He seemed as calm as ever and quickly returned to his work.

Alice touched her nose, opened the door and entered the room.

Uncertain of Caden's mood, she refrained from asking him directly and instead sought herself with various tasks.

I fiddled with a vase for a moment.

Then he looked at the bookshelf and glanced at its contents.

Then I filled a glass with water.

Caden remained deeply focused on his work, not even looking up.

him in silence. She supposed it was nothing serious; if it was, he would have lost his temper by

One moment.

you worried about

You shouldn't care.

intruder,

walked out and leaned against the wall to take a look at the desk, only to find that Caden had

felt puzzled. Where could

she felt a presence

looking for?”

around, clearly displeased. “Can’t you

too distracted to notice?” Caden asked nonchalantly as he picked up a piece of fruit and popped it into his mouth. “Why are you

not lurking,"

he picked Alicia up and placed her on

had grown accustomed to his ways, so she offered him

conference, his

shoved another piece into her

just going to shove the

Alice was speechless.

chin was stained with mango juice from her hasty feeding, she realized that she was feeding him too fast

grabbed a tissue and wiped

Caden cocked his head.

him, “There’s juice on the corner of

the microphone and looked at her. “You don't need a tissue. Just use

felt a blush creep into

put his arm around her waist, pulling

worried that your tongue might accidentally get in my

course not! Do you think I lack self-control?” Alice replied

“Not exactly,” Caden replied.

good you should know that,"

lift a finger. Just one look at you and you get nervous,”

her cheeks heat

“What are

her

to prove that she was not that kind of person, Alice acted

licked the juice

mocking and turned up the volume of the

puzzled when she heard someone

did the meeting

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