It was when the gift in Ruka’s hand had somehow slipped from her hand did shee back to her senses. Startled, she


    immediately picked it up from the floor and returned to her seat all the while in a panic.


    Does that mean he saw Caspian confessing to me? Fraught with anxiety, she had the urge to run after Ren to exin the


    situation, but couldn’t move a muscle as Victoria’s threat came to mind. Conflicted, she was at a loss for what to do. It was then


    that her phone rang. She choked a little when she saw that the caller ID belonged to that man who just left. “Hello,” she


    whispered after she epted the call.


    “Come to the third conference room,” said the man in an authoritative tone with his low and maic voice before he ended the


    call.


    After the call ended, Ruka let out a sigh. He probably wants an exnation from me. Then, she stood up and was about to walk


    out of the room when Michelle asked, “Ruka, where are you going? The restroom?”


    “No, I’m going out to make a phone call,” Ruka replied with hints of nervousness in her tone before she left posthaste. Upon


    entering the conference room, she found Elijah standing there with four other bodyguards standing in line.


    Elijah then gave her an implicit look that indicated her to go inside the room, to which she nodded and knocked on the third


    conference room door before entering the room. There, Ren was sitting with a strange expression on his face; his handsome


    face was slightly harder to look at than usual.


    Afraid of thinking that the man’s expression was because of her, she greeted him as usual. “Mr. Ren, do you need something


    from me?” Her eyes, however, were looking down at the ground due to her guilty conscience.N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    With his slender legs crossed, there was a coldness to the man, one that was rarely seen. Although there wasn’t any trace of


    anger in Ren’s expression, that indifferent demeanor of his was enough to cause others to hold their breath in front of him.


    Ruka was doing so at the moment. With her eyes, as big as a puppy was when it did something wrong, tinged with panic, she


    held her breath as she waited for the man to speak.


    “Exin to me just what happened there.” Ren raised his head and gazed deeply at Ruka. His frown indicated he was upset.


    Being gazed at the man this way, Ruka couldn’t help but feel aggrieved at how serious Ren’s expression was in questioning her.


    It''s not like I''ve made a huge mistake. Nevertheless, she reluctantly exined, “He’s Caspian Gibbons, a colleague of mine. He


    prepared a birthday gift for me, and | hugged him as thanks. That''s all.”


    “Did you reject him?” Ren continued his questioning.


    Ruka blinked at Ren’s question. Is he talking about Caspian’s confession? It was then that Victoria’s words came back to her


    mind once more: “I will announce to the world about your rtionship. By then, he will be subjected to the public’s malice.”


    With Victoria’s words in mind, she pursed her lips briefly before she took a deep breath and said, “I think | like him, so I’m


    considering epting his confession.


    Mr. Ren, I’m sorry, but | can’t reciprocate your feelings. Our age gap is just too big. Plus, | prefer someone around my age.”


    When she finished speaking her mind, she hung her head low, as she hadn’t the courage to face the man. Then, without a


    moment''s dy, she ran out of the room.