Chapter 444:


    He turned around, raising an eyebrow.


    Alicia stood with her hands sped in front of her, her rosy lips curled into a wide smile.This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org.


    It was obviously forced, but still charming all the same.


    Caden slowly set his ss down.


    “Are you possessed or something?”


    Alicia ignored his quip and stepped closer.


    “Are you tired from all the business trips you’ve been takingtely?” She asked, reaching out to take his coat.


    Caden narrowed his eyes and scrutinized her for a few seconds.


    “What have you done, Alicia?”


    She blinked up at him innocently.


    “Nothing at all.”


    He didn’t believe her, of course.


    Her expression gave it all away.


    Caden pulled back and swept a nce over the living room.


    “Is your lover hiding somewhere in the house?”


    Alicia’s lips twitched.


    “Please.


    If I were to hide someone, it certainly wouldn’t be in Joy Mansion.”


    “So, he’s at your apartment then?”


    Alicia paused and frowned at him.


    “I’m not hiding anyone!”


    Of course not.


    Caden also knew that she would never dare take a lover.


    He hummed and eyed her up and down.


    “Then what did you do wrong this time?”


    Alicia clutched his coat and took a deep breath.


    “Nothing, really.


    I just haven’t seen you in a while, and… I missed you a little, is all.”


    Hearing thatst sentence, Caden became all the more sure that she hadmitted some big blunder.


    “Did someone pick on you?” he asked calmly.


    “No.”


    “Is there a problem with the project? Did you lose a million dors?”


    Alicia shook her head.


    “Not at all.


    In fact, we’ve actually made a lot of profit in thest few days.”


    “Then… have youmitted a murder?”


    Alicia’s jaw dropped as she gaped at him in disbelief.


    “Ah, looks like I hit the nail on the head,” Caden joked and nodded nonchntly.


    “So, you need me to help you dispose of the body, is that it?”


    Alicia gave him a wry look.


    “You’re thinking too highly of me, you know.”


    “What the hell is wrong, then?” Caden asked in exasperation.


    Alicia heaved a long sigh.


    “Do you think you can take a beating?”


    Caden’s eyes shed.


    “Are you interested in trying something exciting?”


    “No, no, not with me,” Alicia sighed again.


    “I meant, can you handle taking a beating from your grandma?”


    Caden nced toward the back garden, a vague idea already forming in his mind.


    Alicia quickly grabbed his hand.


    “That’s right, the birds flew away.


    But it wasn’t on purpose, I swear! I was just so excited when I heard you arrive that I identally released them.


    I had no idea they were so eager to escape the cage…”


    Caden could feel the telltale signs of an impending headache.


    “You do realize that those two birds are Grandma’s babies, and she hangs them by her bed every night, right? And you let them fly away?”


    Alicia was already getting desperate, and Caden’s words only added anotheryer of dread to her anxiety.


    “Come on, you’re her grandson.


    She wouldn’t punish you.


    Me, on the other hand… She might kill me.


    I’ll owe you one, okay? Just take this hit for me, please?”


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