Chapter 25

Artemis finally let Bailey go after a few seconds of stalemate.

The woman jumped up from the couch almost as soon as she was released.

His face darkened further when he saw how she was avoiding him like he was the plague.

She wasn't playing hard to get. Instead, she genuinely hated him and wanted to stay as far away from him as possible.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

There were knocks on the lounge's door, and Artemis asked in a low voice, “Do you want to hide in the restroom, or are you just going to stand here and let them see you?”

Do I even have an option?

Bailey turned around and walked toward the restroom.

Artemis watched her leaving figure while wearing a grim expression.

This d*mned woman didn't even hesitate to escape from me. Would she act this way in front of Edmund?

Dwayne's charming face came into view when the door was opened.

Artemis asked in an icy cold tone, “What is it?”

Dwayne grinned before standing on tiptoe and peeking into the room. “I heard that Ms. Rhonda brought you some soup. Where is she? Don't tell me you got excited and devoured her on a whim...”

“Shut up,” Artemis growled.

Dwayne's gaze slowly moved down and landed on the place between Artemis' legs. He arched a brow and smiled.

What a boring man. He was enjoying himself alone.

“Are you done? If you're done, get lost.”

Dwayne rubbed his nose and smiled sheepishly. “Do you need me to go to the entertainment company under Luther Group to find you a popular actress? Those women are all young and pretty, and they—”

Artemis slammed the door

dumbfounded by his

since you were never interested in women. Turns out you've been doing it privately. If the others

“He's gone. Come out.”

restroom. After a while, Bailey stepped out of the restroom with

a trembling voice, “Just stay there. We'll

you think I'm

He has

and wait? We'll talk after you're

on the second floor of Pocket Guest Restaurant at

“Huh?”

dinner.” Artemis squeezed the sentence

see that I'm

fled in a

to the Jefferson residence. After venting her

me when he's already

silence, she questioned, “Is he impotent? Was Bailey the

I

with him? Don't be silly. You're basically kissing wealth and glory

drugged the soup because he wanted to frame me. I hate myself for being too kind a few years ago. I should've strangled him to death, then none of

to speak, the phone in Rhonda's

have to take

that it was her best friend,

“Hey, Quin. What's up?”

a woman entered Mr. Luther's office, and she didn't come out until just now. Her clothes

from

you say?

reiterated what she had just

answer, Rhonda slumped

an hour ago happened to be the time when

right after she left, a woman entered the CEO's office and stayed

could've guessed what had

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