Chapter 1024:

Alicia turned her head, her voice steady but sharp. “I’m still angry. Wait until I’m not before you try to make it up to me.”

Frustration surged within Caden, his tone clipped. “I didn’t do anything wrong. Why should I be the one making it up to you?”

Alicia raised an eyebrow, her silence louder than any retort.

Realizing he was fighting a losing battle, Caden withdrew his hand and exhaled slowly, easing his posture. “I wasn’t stopping you from closing the door for any other reason. Didn’t you mention wanting dessert earlier? I was just asking what kind of dessert you wanted.”

Alicia asked, her tone sharp, “So, I misunderstood you earlier? You really need a second secretary?”

Caden licked his lips thoughtfully. “We’ll talk about work later. Just tell me what kind of dessert you want.”

clipped. “I don’t have an appetite anymore. Don’t

she didn’t want dessert, but he knew better. He had to make it. He remembered her fondness

knock on the door but left it in

while, Alicia emerged from the bedroom, silently sat at the table, and ate the pudding as she always did. Once finished, she returned to the bedroom without

pretended to be engrossed

made her way back to the bedroom, Caden couldn’t

him. “It was good,

an opening, Caden stood, ready to embrace her, but Alicia turned

“Wash the dishes.”

in

newfound sense of confidence, or perhaps he had just grown used to her curt demeanor. Either

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