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.”

have an appetite anymore.

nature, Caden wasn’t without emotional intelligence. Alicia might claim she didn’t want dessert, but he knew better. He had to make it. He remembered her fondness for pudding—how she always savored it with

preparing the pudding, Caden didn’t knock on the door but left it

ate the pudding as she always did. Once finished,

to

Alicia made her way back to the

glanced at him. “It

stood, ready to embrace her, but

“Wash the dishes.”

froze in place,

he had just grown used to her

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