Chapter 530:

“Mr.

Ward, I’m afraid I have some bad news.

Would you like to hear it?”

Benedict was no stranger to setbacks, and he was fairly certain that whatever Jasmine had to say would not faze him.

“Go ahead,” he said, his voice steady.

Jasmine took a deep breath before delivering the news.

“Master Caden just called to say that they won’t be coming for lunch.”

Benedict fell silent.

“But don’t worry,” Jasmine quickly added, sensing his frustration.

“Apparently, he won’t be back for the next few days.”

Benedict opened his mouth to respond, but no words came.

He couldn’t quite find the right way to express how he felt.

Caden knew he couldn’t bring Alicia back to Joy Mansion.

bringing her back would only stir up

such an awkward situation? If she didn’t feel comfortable with someone, or if the timing

phone, Jasmine had mentioned that Benedict had gone all out, painstakingly preparing a full spread of dishes for dinner, only to be noticeably upset when he

Caden chuckled.

“Ignore him.”

the old man to throw his weight around like a king the

hung up, Alicia, who was enjoying her

kid that

an eyebrow,

dive, playing with fireworks, taking the car for a spin alone, and even scaling cliffs in off-limits

brought him to the edge

to fetch

yank down Caden’s pants and administer a harsh spanking, his handprints leaving marks like burning brands, only stopping when Caden’s backside was

bad,” Caden said with a faint

about me a

came out of

you obedient to

on the

her tone

and looked at

avoided his gaze, nervously stuffing her whole ice cream cone into her mouth—almost choking

awkwardly, wiping a stray smear of cream from

Caden raised an eyebrow.

you still want to marry

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