Chapter 216:

Alicia was surprised by the intensity of her own reaction.

Ever since she saw Yolanda, she had been deeply upset, acutely aware of her lingering feelings for Caden and the presence of another woman.

She tried to comfort herself, to distance herself, to convince herself that it didn't matter.

However, when Caden touched her, her facade crumbled.

She pursed her lips, looking away as she said, "I'm sure you don't want others to get the wrong idea, Mr.

Ward.

"

Caden responded with a grimace.

"What misconception?" he replied coldly.

Alicia was speechless, her lips still pressed together.

She was tormented by the memory of his concern for Yolanda and how he had dismissed her gift as if it meant nothing.

Now, before him, she felt completely humiliated.

Trying to leave, Alicia turned to get into the car, but Caden grabbed her wrist and roughly pulled her back.

“Are you that hypocritical, Alice?” His dark, disapproving eyes locked with hers.

“You act like a stranger when we’re not in bed,” he accused her.

His grip was painful, but her heart felt nothing.

Not wishing to confront him, she replied softly, “We have made our position clear.

What is it that you don’t understand?”

“I understand.

But do you understand?” he replied.

“If you wanted to end things, why did you come to me afterwards?”

Alice paused, surprised by the question, and then realized her mistake.

Avoiding his gaze, she confessed, “I wanted to apologize.

Caden's grimace deepened, his disbelief evident.

His smile sent a chill down her spine.

It was clear that he doubted her sincerity.

Anger and confusion had filled Alice that night.

So she had apologized.

he believe her sincerity? In his eyes, she was nothing more than a source of pleasure, and

was not Yolanda, and that difference weighed heavily between

and ability, and in his

filled with tears as

"I was wrong.

call

hesitated and spoken so irrationally

"

face remained expressionless, his

air between them grew heavy with

her courage and faced

are we going to do?” she asked, her

accept this time

us will do our own

okay

anger flickered in Caden's eyes, not desire,

her hand, his voice cold

of me? To get rid of me, would you propose something like that to

frozen, her vision

was pitying her, she turned away, unable to stop the

she ran to her

his own vehicle

briefly

off into

lips as he wondered if he was ridiculing Alicia or loathing

lit up with

message read: "Sorry Caden, I stained your

I bought a spare.

I bring it to you

her thoughtful

highlighted her compliance and thoughtfulness, a sharp contrast to the

on

be happier if Alice were more submissive, more

this thought was beginning to settle,

grimaced, started the

Yolanda arrived early at the company,

own

greeted her

better

Mr.

will be busy and won't be able to meet with

who always knew when to move forward and

welcome to

Ciara misses him.

acknowledgement and relayed the

replied nonchalantly,

and suspected it had something to

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