Bound By Secrets

e dark, a petulant pout on her face. It looked li

She took a moment to regulate her breat

window, sunlight streaking across his body, adding

er, you as

face cold. The softness she thought she had seen earlier when the sunlig

ntract we have wi

acts? Wouldn't it have been easier to have someone from the legal dep

voice any of her complaints. She obediently went

areas on the contract before passing it t

ders

contract in hand. Just as she sat do

you taking such a lo

back to the company to modify

long will it take for you to finish? S

about half an hour, I suppose.

reed, "A

act. What she did not know was that through the blinds, Ethan

Lena took the revised contr

that several times. It seemed like the problems on the contract could never be fully

ation, but it seemed to her that Mr. W

hour pass

h the revised contract. "Mr. Walker, this is the revised

cepting the contract. "Alrig

asoline and nicotine spread through the air, instantly overwhelming the

cape. "Mr. Walker, if ther

nted to yell at earl

interru

r brain spun as she remembered the pho

She wanted to say it was not, but she was also afraid he

coldly, "It's a company rule that any employee under 25

that? Could it be a measure to dissuade staff from

No, no! I just want to work diligently for the company and make money. I have no plans f

smoke. "You'd better do as you say and thorough

a, the sound of knocking came from the door. It was Marcus Hale.

step ou

ortant matters to discuss with the pre

tion, she unexpectedly realized that sh

mn

than's office. Just as she was about to knoc

en any news fr

out to knock on the d

rcus emphasized every word. "That woman might have been hidden by t

hint of disdain and danger. "Fin

sponse was marked w

the woman from that night? Deal with her... Suddenly, she was covered in goosebumps. If t

Lena. Upon seeing her, he furr

o, Mr.

y even though her mind was in chaos. Marcus glanced at her pale face

t of a cold," Lena answered, t

spoke indifferently, "Are you guys having a casual chat

ing our dedicat

as he shot a glance at L

fice, her legs weak. "I'm sorry, Mr. Walker. I left

ok it before she could, glancing at the icy case of the phone and then at the scr

what mistake h

en at Ethan's query. She flicked her eye

Mr. Walker keeping you back? Just say tha

t displayed. However, the words "kept back" and "

lifted her phone high, his gaze stern and sharp. "Speak! Wh

nd she felt somewhat suf

ss, and she could not th

ed at her enigmatically, clear

Mr. Walker, I've been hi

rthright in your dealings.

aised his subordinates, but such excessive praise t

s to how to cover her lie, a

'm dying of anxiety! Do not ever admit it! Just say you're und

h to handle. Cold sweat br

e along the line of "work" mentioned in Aria's message. Holding her breath, she mu

d his eyebrows, and an inexplic