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“We didn’t say much. Soren just asked where you were, and I told him you had something to take care of at Hayes Corp. Then lie left.”
Hearing that, Eliza’s heart sank.
“You told him I went to Hayes Corp?”
“I…”
She didn’t wait for an explanation. She hung up on the spot.
Soren was smart–he had probably already figured out her relationship with Nolan.
Maybe he even saw them leave Hayes Corp together.
Damn it.
Eliza immediately pulled out her phone and tried calling him.
But the line was busy–she’d been blocked.
And now, with Soren suddenly pulling out of his contract with MISS, the blowback was inevitable.
Hands on her hips, Eliza was furious. She stormed into the apartment and picked up the landline to try calling again.
As expected, he didn’t pick up.
So she grabbed her car keys and headed out the door.
She drove straight to Soren’s entertainment agency.
Inside his office, Soren stared at his phone, now silent, and felt a strange wave of irritation.
His manager stood nearby. “Mr. Hayes, the termination papers are ready. Should I send them over now?”
She had never supported his partnership with MISS. Seeing Soren break the contract of his own volition? She was thrilled.
“Wait.”
Soren’s voice was cold..
He was clearly in a foul mood today, so the manager stayed quiet and waited.
At that moment, the front desk called his office line.
“Mr. Hayes, there’s a woman here to see you.”
Soren already had a good idea who it was.
Of course Eliza would show up right away after hearing the news.
But…
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His eyes grew colder. “Tell her I’m not available. Send her home,”
“Yes, Mr. Hayes.”
The receptionist was about to hang up when he changed his mind. “Forget it. Let her up.”
The sudden shift left the receptionist confused.
She turned to Eliza. “Miss, Mr. Hayes says you may go up.”
“Thank you.”
Eliza didn’t even catch her breath before rushing upstairs.
In the office-
The manager stood at Soren’s side.
The moment Eliza stepped in, Soren said coolly, “What brings you here, Ms. Eliza?”
“Why are you terminating the contract?”
She got straight to the point.
Soren’s dark eyes locked on hers. “You really don’t know?”
He had never taken Eliza for a liar.
“You’ve known Nolan all along, haven’t you? And I bet you figured out our connection too.”
He had never suspected her before.
He thought every one of their encounters was purely coincidental.
Until today–when he saw Eliza and Nolan leaving the parking garage together.
That’s when he realized there was more going on than he knew.
She’d been lying to him from the start.
And he had never seen Nolan look at anyone
the
way
he looked at her.
Eliza wasn’t just some woman to Nolan.
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“Yes, I’ve known Nolan for a while. And yes, I guessed the connection between you two. But what does that have to do with you ending the contract?”
“From the beginning, you were calculated. You only approached me to help your company, didn’t you?”
Hearing that, Eliza couldn’t help but feel like he was being completely paranoid.
“The first time I met you, you were shopping with your mom at our counter. How exactly was I supposed to plan that? I didn’t know your schedule. And everything after that–you’re the one who reached out. You’re the one who wanted to work with me. I didn’t force you. Now you’re throwing all of that back in my face.”
“Even if that first meeting was a coincidence, you still knew I was connected to Nolan–and you chose to
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partner with me anyway. You accepted my kindness. You went out to eat and drink with me. You’re saying none of that was intentional?”
“Soren, you’re a grown man. Can you please use your brain when you’re mad? I worked with you because I had no better option at the time. I accepted your kindness and went out with you because I saw you as a friend. I never approached you with an agenda. I never told Nolan anything about you or our relationship.”
Hearing it laid out so clearly, Soren’s anger had already started to fade.
But he kept up his cold act. “Then tell me–what’s your relationship with Nolan?”
“That’s my personal business.”
“Then please leave, Ms. Eliza. There’s nothing more to discuss about the contract.”
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