The Best Revenge It Wasn't Even Your Child novel Chapter 225

The second Lance walked in, Aaron clammed up.

He shot Catherine an apologetic look. It was one thing to beg her in private to not mix work and dating, but to say it in front of the boss? That was basically throwing her under the bus, making it sound like she was ditching work for a date. That wasn’t what he meant at all.

Catherine understood.

She broke eye contact with Lance, straightening her files. “Aaron’s been working really hard these past few days.”

“No, really, it’s nothing,” Aaron replied quickly, trying to backtrack. “I was just talking, it’s all under control.”

They tried to brush off the awkward moment.

Lance, his face cool and distant, walked over, his knuckles rapping on the desk.

“Come to my office.”

He left those words hanging in the air and walked away, leaving only his stiff back as he headed into the office first.

Aaron let out a quiet groan, looking defeated. “Great. If I’d known Lance was around, I never would’ve said anything.”

Lance couldn’t stand it when personal stuff messed with work.

Catherine tried to calm him down. “Worst case, he yells at me. Don’t worry, just get back to your stuff.”

She turned and went into the CEO’s office.

The place was huge, sunlight pouring in through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Lance stood there in the light, his features sharp, a shadow falling below the bridge of his nose.

“Book two tickets to Apex.”

Catherine had barely stepped inside when Lance spoke.

She asked, “Is something urgent happening?”

Even as she spoke, she was already pulling out her phone to start booking.

“For me and Adelina,” Lance said. “For the next three days, you and Aaron will handle everything here.”

So, no emergency. He just wanted to take Adelina abroad on a whim.

Catherine didn’t ask why, but she did remind him, “There’s a board meeting tomorrow morning, and a really important business conference the day after…”

“What? You can skip work for a date, but I can’t?”

Catherine grabbed a pen and paper, ready to jot it down.

“Why are we going to Apex?”

Adelina sounded suspicious. “Lance didn’t say anything. Catherine, you’re not trying to trick me into leaving so you can be with Lance, are you…”

Lance’s eyes flickered over, his expression unreadable.

Maybe he didn’t realize Adelina thought Catherine was scheming behind his back.

Catherine stayed calm, putting the phone in front of Lance. “Lance, you talk to her.”

“Lance?” Adelina’s voice changed instantly.

Lance kept it short. “Your ID number.”

“I’ll send it to you on WeChat. Lance, why are we going to Apex?”

“To pick out a wedding dress,” Lance said, barely moving his lips.

“I thought the designer was coming here,” Adelina replied, but she’d already sent the info over.