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.

her, and bringing her back would only stir up

he make Alicia endure such an awkward situation? If she didn’t feel comfortable with someone, or if the timing wasn’t right, Caden wasn’t about to force her into

preparing a full spread of dishes for dinner, only to be noticeably upset when he heard that

Caden chuckled.

“Ignore him.”

weight around like a

her ice

a troublemaker as a kid that your

an

fireworks, taking the car for a spin alone,

adventure brought him to

down the road like a madman to fetch him,

would yank down Caden’s pants and administer a harsh spanking, his handprints leaving marks like

bad,” Caden said with a

about

came out of

are you obedient

on

pressed, her tone changing, “like marriage,

turned and

gaze, nervously stuffing her whole ice cream cone into her mouth—almost choking on it

of cream from the corner of

Caden raised an eyebrow.

you still want to marry

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