NovelEnglishChapter 165
| looked down at my phone in surprise. During our whole conversation, she hadn't even askedfor my name.
When | thought about it further, that made sense. Amelia only wanted to be rid of Chloe. If Amelia Hawthorne
had her mind set on something, she was laser focused and didn’t rest until she achieved it.
That was why she was the perfect person to find where Chloe and her corrupt family had hidden Russell Lewis's
body.
| put my phone in my purse, then hurried into work, not wanting to be late.
After a busy morning of answering emails, | took my tablet to Gai’s office when | began to organize Alexander's
schedule for next week.
“Hey, do you know why there’s a block in Alexander's schedule on Saturday?” | asked.
She looked away from her computer and sighed. “He has decided to take a last-minute trip to Luceland this
Saturday,” she explained.
Strangely, my heart lowered with disappointment because | wasn’t the first to know about his trip. Why hadn't
he told me?
“Oh, do you know what for?” | asked, trying to keep my voice steady.
Gai rubbed her temples and shook her head. “I don’t. | also don’t know if he is taking you orwith him.”
“Why would he take a...” The rest of my question caught in my throat.
This spur of the moment trip remindedof the last-minute party that
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Alexander had draggedto. The one that took place in the hotel where Alexander had met with someone
mysterious that he couldn't talk to in public. Was he going to Luceland to meet with this smysterious
person?
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“Alexander's in another mood today,” Gai said and rolled her eyes. “I think that the fewer questions we ask
about his upcoming trip, the better.”
| nodded in agreement.
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The rest of the morning was filled with meetings in which Alexander neededto take detailed notes.
After a particularly grueling one with a needy client, Korbin leaned back in his chair and sighed.
“Is this day over yet?” he grumbled.
“It’s ten in the morning,” Alexander said dryly.
“That client gavea headache. | need sTylenol,” he said and rubbed his forehead.
| kept sin my purse for this reason and fished the little white bottle out of there and handed it to Korbin.
“Here you are.
“Thanks, Olivia,” he said kindly.
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My shoulder loosened a little. Hopefully, that small act would get him back on my good side.
Our office was so packed with meetings that we even had to work through lunch. Alexander ordered a delicious
buffet of salad and soup, but Korbin seemed to be really dragging.
| was already on my fifth coffee by noon, and | envied how energized
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Alexander seemed. It was because he napped in his office. He could only get away with something like that
because he was the president.
After lunch. Alexander gavea bunch of papers to organize and file. so | had to go downstairs to the
secretarial department.
Right before | pushed open the wooden door. | heard hushed voices.
“Did you hear about how the president had a blind date with Naomi Wright last night?” | heard a woman whisper.
“What!” a louder voice said. “Isn't that the daughter of the CEO of the Wright Group?”
“Yep. My best friend works for Ms.
Wright,” the first girl said. “And she
just senta postr) Nags!
sqeial medi Yage It is a picture of
Alexander from their date, and she
wrote that they were going on a trip
to Luceland together on Saturday.”
*Olivia*
My heart was beating so loud that | had to focus hard, so | didn’t miss the rest of the secretary’s conversation.
| just couldn't believe that Alexander
was going to spend more twih
Naomi. He had senbhédhomé last
GHD aes quick dinner... what had
changed? How had their relationship
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“They are going on a trip together!” one of the women said with excitement in her voice. “That must mean that
their blind date had gone well.”
“I bet they will be engaged within a year,” the first lady said.
| almost dropped the papers | was holding.
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“I don’t know about that,” a third woman joined the conversation.
How many employees were interested in Alexander's love life? Couldn’ 1 they just do their jobs? Why did they
have to gossip?
“I've heard that Alexander is secretly
dating Mr. Carter and that the twa,
men have been in g¥efalionship for
years, Bot Alexander has to hide it
because his family wouldn't approve
of that kind of relationship.” The
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“I've heard that, too,” a fourth woman added.
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