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“I understand,” Gai said meekly and then sat back in her seat to avoid the two men’s eyes.

An uncomfortable silence filled the car, and Richard tried to engage Alexander in conversation, but his attempts were futile.

Alexander was stewing with silent rage in his seat. He crossed his arms and stared out the window. He couldn’t believe that Olivia was spreading rumors about his dating life to his other employees. How unprofessional was that?

After five minutes of getting worked up about Olivia gossiping behind his back, Alexander couldn’t take it anymore. He had to act. His jaw clenched with anger as he took his phone out of his pocket and jabbed Olivia’s name on his screen. As the phone rang, the car remained silent until he forgot that there were two other people in the car. Right now, this was between him and Olivia.

Olivia was at a rest stop with Ava and Aiden. They had stopped for a quick lunch in the middle of their road trip. Her heart slammed against her chest as she looked down at her phone. It was Alexander. Hopefully, he wasn’t calling about checking his work emails. She had brought her laptop, but she wasn’t sure she would have reception here.

“Hi, Alexander, how’s your trip going?” Olivia said when she answered her phone.

She moved away from Ava and Aiden and shielded her eyes from the glare of the sun. Cars passed her by on the busy highway, blowing her long hair behind her.

“Hi, there, Olivia,”

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His cold tone made her freeze. Immediately, Olivia knew that something was wrong.

“Is everything alright, Alexander?” she asked and swallowed nervously.

“No, everything is not alright,” he replied in a clipped voice. “I’m calling to ask if untrue rumors amuse you?”

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Olivia’s eyebrows drew together in confusion. “I have no idea what you’re talking about,” she admitted honestly.

This just made Alexander even more angry. “I want to know if you find pleasure in spreading rumors about your boss.”

“Alexander, honestly, I have-”

was interrupted by Aiden’s

so I can

cover the phone speaker so that Alexander couldn’t hear Aiden, but

her body. “Guys, we should get back

He couldn’t believe that she had the audacity to hang up on him. Did she

at Alexander. “Was that a…guy’s

gasp, and Alexander turned to her. “What do you

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me,” Alexander said in a rough,

parking garage across from her apartment building hugging a young man and then getting in a

for selling out her friend. But Gai had never done well

did this guy look like?” Richard asked calmly. He wanted to take over the questioning because Alexander’s

um, muscular and that

at his

guys then,” Richard said as

She didn’t actually believe the words that she was saying, but after everything she had revealed about Olivia, she wanted to stick up for the

their eyes at each other. Their rift just added to the chilly mood in the

it seems like Olivia has found a younger

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only added to

crack a joke like that.

mad at.

with him,” Alexander muttered quietly

in closer to see where she was. His hand tightened around his phone when he saw that she was ahead of their car on the same highway

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