Betrayed and Dumped She Rose Stronger Than Ever novel Chapter 337

Stephen look stunned, then a slow smile spread across his face. “It wasn’t me this time.”

Not this time? So you have done it before?

Rebecca caught the slip right away. “What do you mean, ‘this time’? What did you do before?”

Stephen just looked at her, silent. He rubbed his nose and lifted a brow. “Do you really want to know?”

“I do.”

Suddenly, he leaned in, his voice low beside her ear. “Say yes to me, and I’ll tell you.”

Rebecca felt her ears grow hot. Right then, the elevator chimed, breaking the moment. She quickly shoved him back and strode out, taking a deep breath to steady herself before shooting a sharp look at the man still inside.

The elevator doors began to close. Stephen met her gaze with a soft smile, his eyes warm.

That’s when Rebecca noticed it. Her eyes went wide. “Steph—”

Too late. The doors clicked shut.

Rebecca jammed the button, trying to call the elevator back, but the next one was stuck on the first floor and would take forever. With no other choice, she pulled out her phone and dialed Stephen’s number.

No answer. He must have put his phone on silent for his meeting.

So she fired off a message. [You have lipstick on your mouth. Wipe it off before you go into your office!]

Still no reply. After a minute, Rebecca shut her eyes and sighed. Whatever. At least it wasn’t her walking in there with lipstick on his face.

Stephen rode the elevator up, straight to the top floor. The executive office was buzzing as everyone rushed around, getting ready for the board meeting. When he walked in, people sprang to their feet.

“Mr. Duncan.”

He nodded, business as usual. But something was off. Everyone was staring at him, almost in shock. Where was their usual cool professionalism?

He frowned. “Is there a problem? Did you need something?”

A round of quick glances and head shakes. “No, em. Nothing.”

He braced his hands on the sink, head bowed, then let out a silent chuckle. A moment later, he washed his face, straightened his cuffs, and walked back to his desk like nothing had happened.

He looked at Liam without missing a beat. “Which departments are those documents from?”

Liam snapped back to attention, still a little starstruck. Stephen was unflappable. “Oh, right. Finance and IT.”

Even after leaving the office, Liam’s mind was spinning. Lipstick? On the boss? Was he finally together with Ms. Harper? That was too cute.

He wasn’t the only one distracted. The executive office was basically useless for the rest of the afternoon. Their group chat was blowing up with gossip.

There was only one question on everyone’s mind.

Who was the girl that left lipstick on Stephen?

Liam kept his head down, pretending not to care. “I’m only here to work. I have no clue about Mr. Duncan’s private life.”

Meanwhile, at the Campbell house, things were changing. Thanks to Alan and Bryce’s old friendship, NovaStack Cloud quickly signed a contract with Skyline Capital. Suddenly, Alan was more important to the Campbell family than ever before.