Chapter 353


    She leaned in, her whisper tickling the shell of his ear, both teasing and enticing..


    ric squirmed slightly, not quite used to the closeness, but he still listened to the end.


    After they finished discussing, Hertha looked at him with a confident grin. “Well?”


    Suddenly, ric curved his index finger and lightly flicked her forehead.


    Caught off guard and ttered, Hertha instinctively raised her hand to cover her forehead. She looked


    at him with a blush and a racing heart, “What was that for?”


    That gesture was both teasing and affectionate.


    Wasn’t this a signature move shared between lovers?


    Her heart, which had been down, was instantly thrown into chaos.


    ric seemed oblivious to her turmoil, saying seriously, “What kind of scheme is this?”


    Then he walked out into the hallway.


    Startled, Hertha quickly peered out to watch him.


    He walked straight towards the two bodyguards guarding the door. When he was about to reach them,


    he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, drew one out, and put it in the corner of his mouth.


    He rummaged in his pocket again, trying to find a lighter, but didn’t find one. He had already walked


    past the bodyguards.


    Without a lighter, he turned back and asked one of the bodyguards, “Buddy, can I borrow a light?”


    The bodyguard took out a lighter from his pocket and handed it over.


    ric lit up and took a drag, but didn’t return the lighter. Instead, he took out a cigarette and offered it


    to the bodyguard, “Thanks, have one.”


    The bodyguard didn’t take it, standing stiffly. It was a clear sign of not wanting to engage with him.


    ric chuckled, not at all embarrassed, “I snuck out while my wife was on a team-building trip with her


    The bodyguard remained impassive,pletely ignoring him.


    Hertha chuckled at this. ric’s acting was terrible.


    ric also realized that these two bodyguards were too indifferent. He needed to y the sympathy


    card.


    He put on a pitiful face and said, “Guys, you also have families. You wouldn’t want me to go homete


    and have my wife suspect something, right?”


    One of the bodyguards finally broke, “You can go home now!”


    “But what about the girl waiting for me in the room? I can’t just leave, can I? We’re all men here, you


    can understand me, right.”


    He tried his best to portray the dilemma of a man wanting to cheat but also wanting to take care of his


    family.


    The other bodyguard, the one who hadn’t lent him the lighter, red at him.


    Although he found ric’s actions despicable, he also understood the predicament.


    With a look of disdain, he took out his phone and showed ric the time.


    “Oh, it’s 2 AM.” ric nced at it and said.


    The next second, he snatched the phone from the bodyguard’s hand and bolted.


    “Stop!” The bodyguard whose phone was stolen instinctively gave chase.


    The other bodyguard realized his lighter, worth tens of thousands, was still in ric’s hands, and he too


    gave chase.


    Hertha watched this and her heart pounded with both fear and excitement and a bit of contempt.


    Wasn’t ric the one who said her n was ridiculous? Yet he still followed it, stealing the bodyguard’s


    phone and running.


    This proved she was the clever one.


    Seeing ric leading both bodyguards away, Hertha quickly ran to the door and furiously rang the


    doorbell.


    Secondster, the door opened to reveal Thssa’s haggard and apprehensive face. Seeing Hertha,


    she eximed in relief, “Hertha, you really came!”


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    “Run right now! Quickly!” Hertha pulled Thssa out of the room and ran towards the elevator.