Shaun’s hands clenched tightly into fists at his sides. Without a word, he stormed over to the table where Halsey and Gilbert were sitting.

“She’s not eating that!” bhe /bsaid sharply.

Hearing his voice, Halsey looked up in surprise. “Shaun? What are you doing here?”

Shaun reached out and grabbed her slender arm, pulling her up from her seat. “You’reing with me.”

He was taking her away.

Gilbert spoke up, “Are you seriously just going to take her like that? She’s having lunch with me today!”

Shaun shot him a cold look. “She’s my girlfriend now. I’m warning you–if you try meeting her behind my back againb, /bI’ll make you regret it!”

With that, Shaun took Halsey and walked off.

Gilbert dropped his knife and fork on the table with a loud tter. He had purposely tried to provoke Shaun over the phone, yet Shaun still came to get Halsey.

Clearly, his n to drive a wedge between them didn’t work.

Damn it.

Just then, someone walked over. “Hi, Mr. Greenwood.”

Gilbert turned his head and saw Chelsea.

He knew who she was. He had already had someone look into the woman who’d been showing up around Shaun. Word wasb, /bshe was a doctor.

Gilbert narrowed his eyes. “You know me? I don’t recall

Chelsea smiled. “They say the enemy of my enemy is

“Shaun dumped you?”

“And you got dumped by Ms. Halsey too, didn’t you?”

us ever meeting.”

my

friend. So now, we’ve officially met.”

Gilbert’s face darkened. “You want to team up with me?”

Chelsea nodded. “That’s right. You want to be with

what we want.”

iMs. /iHalsey, and I’m in love with Shaun. If we work together, we both get

Gilbert studied her for a moment. Chelsea clearly had some tricks up her sleeve–after allb, /bshe had managed to follow him here.

Finallyb, /bhe nodded. “Alright. Let’s work together.”

Chelsea had no ns to give up on Shaun. She had been in love with him for years–there was no way she would just let Halsey swoop in and ruin everything she had worked for.

Now that Warren had cut her off, her only real option was bto /bteam up with Gilbert. He was a strong ally.

bChelsea /bsmiled coolly. b“/bbI /blook forward to working with you.”

Shaun pushed Halsey into his luxury bcar/bb, /bbuckled her inb, /bthen hit the bgas /band drove toward thepany.

Halsey turned to look at himb. /bbHe /bhadn’t said a bword /bthe whole way bWith /bbthe /bmask bon/bb, /bbshe /bbcouldn’t /bsee bhis /bbface/bb, but /bthe bsharp /bblines /bbof /bbhis /bjaw and tense posture made bit /bbobvious /bthat he was mad

Halsey asked carefully, “Are you angry?”

Both of Shaun’s hands gripped the steering wheel. “Angry? No. bI’m /bin a fantastic mood right now.”

Halsey blinked, unsure of what to say.

Shaun added, “Can’t you tell that I’m mad? Don’t y dumb with me.”

Halsey flinched slightly. “Why are you mad? Is it because I met up with Gilbert-

Shaun cut her off. “Halsey, what are we now?”

“I’m your girlfriend.”

“Exactly. You’re my girlfriend. So why are you sneaking off to see Gilbert? And letting him feed you like that? What’s going on? Am I just your backup n?”

Halsey quickly exined, “Listen, I can exin!”

“Fine, I’m listening. Go ahead and exin yourself.”

“I was in your office when Gilbert called me. He said he needed to talk in

person…”

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