Chapter 829:

“Don’t bully Alicia, Corey.”

“I’d have to have the upper hand to bully her,” Corey muttered under his breath.

His sister, his company, his lifeline—Alicia held it all in her hands. How could he possibly bully her?

Meanwhile, Alicia, just putting on a show of drinking water, had completely forgotten about the wound on her lip. She instinctively winced when the warm water made contact with it.

Still feeling on edge, she retreated to her room and tried to find comfort in solitude. But unfortunately, that single passionate kiss lingered in her mind for days.

Even her dreams were filled with Caden’s bloodshot eyes, full of longing, resentment, and a terrifying depth of possessiveness. She had thought that he would drag her back home, forcing her to endure his endless torment. But the days that followed were surprisingly uneventful. Bit by bit, Alicia let her worries slip away.

Caden had probably just acted on a whim.

dropped a bombshell on her. She received a call from the hospital’s project manager, urgently requesting her presence to resolve a

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been a daunting journey, demanding an immense investment of

sense of urgency, she rushed to the hospital, throwing open

failed this time?” Without waiting

showed promising signs of

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please sit

sit. The voice on the phone had been thick with worry,

give it to me straight — what’s the issue?” she

Finally, the lead researcher stepped forward and said, “Ms. Bennett, we can’t continue the experiments for

a beat. This was the hardest setback to swallow out of all the

“Why not?” she asked.

lead researcher looked

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