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—”

lost!” Artemis slammed

was dumbfounded by his

in women. Turns out you've been doing it privately. If

“He's gone. Come out.”

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

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

“Do you think I'm in the

has

out and wait? We'll talk

Pocket Guest Restaurant at

“Huh?”

talk during dinner.” Artemis squeezed the sentence through

this woman see that I'm about to

fled in

residence.

me when he's already in that state! What am I going to

After moments of silence, she questioned, “Is he impotent? Was Bailey the one who

as her voice quivered. “T-That's not possible, right? I mean, it

should think about how to clear up the misunderstanding right now instead of thinking about these useless things. Are you really giving up on him if there's something wrong with him? Don't

little brat must've drugged the soup because he wanted to frame me.

about to speak, the phone

to take a

that it was her best friend, Quinny,

“Hey, Quin. What's up?”

happened, Ronni. Half an hour ago, a woman entered Mr. Luther's office, and she didn't come out until just now. Her clothes were all messy when she stumbled out. Judging by her

jumped up from

did you say?

then reiterated what she had just

answer, Rhonda slumped back onto the

when Artemis was drugged and Rhonda left the

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

guessed what had happened during

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