Trapped in Love By Kitty Song

Chapter 2 Humiliation

Soon, the door opened. Henry appeared in the doorway, wearing a loose bathrobe. His piercing green eyes locked onto Casey, with a predatory gaze. Caroline’s heart skipped a beat, but she forced a smile for the sake of the 70,000 dollars commission.

“Monsieur Devereaux, sorry to disturb you,” she said, stepping into the presidential suite.

Henry shrugged and flashed her a smile. “Ms. Shenton, I’ve been waiting for you.”

Caroline’s heart was racing, but she maintained her composure and placed the prepared contract on the coffee table.

She subtly scanned the presidential suite from the corner of her eye, taking note of every detail.

Once Henry took a seat on the sofa, Caroline retracted her gaze and sat down as well, keeping a slight distance from him.

Henry handed her a glass of wine, and Caroline clinked her glass against his. “Thank you for your hospitality, Monsieur Devereaux.”

Henry’s eyes lit up. “Ms. Shenton, you’re very smart, and you’re not shy. I like it!”

Caroline forced a smile, aware of the need to impress Henry for the contract. With a slight tilt of her head, she downed the red wine in her hand.

“Impressive, but you wouldn’t expect one glass to

glass, she responded, “Monsieur Devereaux, I understand that you’ve expressed interest in working

initiative to sign the contract on his behalf, as a gesture of our respect for you? I believe it’s a brilliant idea, don’t you agree, Monsieur

and his gaze grew sharper as he stared

nervousness, Caroline managed to maintain

to compel Henry to sign the

Henry soon broke

appreciate your proposal. MK has shown me respect, so it’s only fitting that I sign

that, Henry reached for the contract and pen on the table and signed it after a casual

taken aback. She had not anticipated Henry’s swift

dared not let her guard

given you what you came for. Shouldn’t you keep me

“Monsieur Devereaux, I’m afraid

and grabbed Caroline’s wrist. “Ms. Shenton, I’m only going to

mind went blank. Had the contract been altered? Did Evan do it? After

the

teeth and struggled with all her might to push Henry away from her. She could see the impatience in his green eyes and realized that he had

feel his lips closing in on hers and knew that she had to act

The blow was so powerful that Caroline’s

came here seeking me out. Why are you pretending?” Henry sneered as he reached for the vodka on