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—”

slammed

dumbfounded by

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

“He's gone. Come out.”

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

in the corner and said in a trembling voice, “Just stay there.

he locked his dark gaze on her. “Do you think I'm in the right state to talk to you about

He has a

go out and wait? We'll talk

floor of Pocket Guest Restaurant at seven

“Huh?”

during dinner.” Artemis squeezed the

this woman see that

fled in a

Rhonda cried throughout her journey back to the Jefferson residence. After venting her emotions to Beatrice, she finally

when he's already

knitted into a tight knot. After moments of silence, she questioned, “Is he impotent? Was Bailey the one who

quivered. “T-That's not possible, right? I mean, it was a pretty long night... But, he can't be

really giving up on him if there's something wrong with him? Don't be silly. You're basically kissing wealth and glory goodbye if you

a deep breath and suppressed the uneasiness in her heart. She said coldly, “That little brat must've drugged the soup because he wanted to frame me. I

about to speak, the phone in Rhonda's

have to take a

saw that it was

“Hey, Quin. What's up?”

come out until just now. Her clothes were all messy when she stumbled out. Judging

up from the couch in

you

then reiterated what

Rhonda slumped back

to be the time when Artemis was drugged and Rhonda left the CEO's

CEO's office and

guessed what had

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