Seeing Ambrose, Gtea stood there like a sculpture, stunned. She didn''t expect to meet Ambrose again so soon, and especially not alone with him.


    "Um... I''m here to see ric. Is he not here?" Gtea nervously asked, locking eyes with him.


    "Oh, Mr. ric just said he had a small meeting and asked me to wait here. We''ll have lunch together," Ambrose replied.


    What? A meeting?


    Wasn''t it ric who called her toe and see him?


    With this realization, Gtea''s mind buzzed, and she suddenly understood. She looked up and noticed the surveince camera in the corner of his office. ric must be watching them now. Her nose tingled, and tears welled up uncontrobly. She had nned toe and exin everything to ric, but now it seemed like this was just a test.


    Gtea quickly put on a smile, afraid that Ambrose would see her reaction. She said, "Sorry for the inconvenience. You can wait here. I''ll leave first."


    With that, Gtea turned around and walked out. Tears fell from her eyes at that moment, but she quickly wiped them away and hurried into the elevator.


    At this moment, she felt like a brainless fool. She had been so eager toe here after the phone call, but what did it result in? A trap. "Ding!"


    The elevator doors opened, revealing ric standing outside.


    He must have been watching her on the surveince camera; otherwise, he wouldn''t have appeared right as she was leaving.


    "What do you mean, ric?" Gtea looked at him, carefully asking each word. "Is this your idea of fun? Are you Enjoying the spectacle?" ric knew that what he did was not honorable, but...


    "I never thought it that way," ric replied.


    "So I forced you to do this?" Gtea continued. "What conclusion have you drawn now?"


    They had only exchanged a few words in the office with Ambrose. What conclusion could he have drawn?


    "Isn''t the conclusion obvious?" ric was also getting angry. "Do you think you''ve hidden it well, or do you think I''m a fool?"


    "I''ve never thought of you as a fool. If you want to know, you can ask. There''s no need to do this!" Gtea was truly furious.


    "Haven''t I asked these questions before?" ric countered the interrogation directly, "I''ve repeatedly reminded you not to falsify your resume, and I''ve asked you multiple times about your husband. But what did you say? You said that your husband''s name was Alistair Storm, and he had passed away. So what about now? Who is this Ambrose?!"


    ric would never resort to such measures out of absolute necessity, but despite his repeated questioning, the results were still lies.


    Gtea suddenly found herself at a loss for words. It was true that she had lied to him before, and she didn''t want to, nor did she have the courage to reveal the truth about her past. But now, it was toote for her to say anything. "Keep exining. Why aren''t you saying a word?" ric approached her, his tone bing even colder. "Or perhaps you''re going to make up more lies to deceive me? Gtea, ask yourself, how many of the things you''ve told me are true? It''s all been lies from start to finish. Are you happy deceiving me like a fool? Are you enjoying acting innocent in front of me?"


    These series of questions were like thrusting a de into her vulnerability, asking her how many of her words were true.


    Yes, how many of her words were true? But during those times, she never thought about genuinely having anything with this man. She never thought about truly deceiving him, and thus, she had no need to speak the truth. Now she wanted to be serious with him, but unfortunately...


    "Say something to me!" ric shouted at her when Gtea remained silent, startling her.


    Because they were at the elevator''s exit, in a public area, some employees happened to pass by, and their faces changed upon seeing the scene.


    "Mr. ric."


    "Get out of here!" ric yelled.


    Terrified, the employees immediately dispersed. Because this was a public area, causing a scene like this was inevitably not good. ric reached over and grabbed her wrist, pulling her forward, intending to drag her into a room. But Gtea resisted strongly, struggling not to go with him. However, in his anger, the more Gtea struggled, the stronger ric''s grip became.


    "ric, let go of me, let go!" Gtea fiercely resisted.


    Due to her intense reaction, ric let go of her with a flick of his hand, warning her, "You better behave yourself!"


    As he let go,bined with Gtea''s fierce struggle, her wrist slipped from his grasp, and she fell heavily to the ground due to inertia.


    Seeing this, ric instinctively felt sorry and wanted to help her up, but his body stiffened.


    Whether it was because of his behavior or because she truly felt pain from the fall, Gtea''s tears fell instantly. She struggled to stand up from the ground and looked at him, saying,


    "Yes, you''re right. Most of what I said to you before was not true. I was just a woman full of lies, hypocritical and dishonest.


    "What Alistair Storm, and the story about him being dead, it''s all a lie. The truth is, after our family''s downfall, he abandoned me. And what did I do? I was incredibly stupid!


    "After all these years, I still haven''t forgotten about him. I gave up on the Medical Research Institute in Country M and came back to Arizona, all to find him. But instead, I met you.


    "At first, I never thought about marrying you. But then I realized that I couldn''t find Alistair, and you had money and were good to my child, so why not? All my rejections were deliberate. All my arrogance was feigned. I am a despicable woman, a very, very despicable woman. Are you satisfied now?"


    Upon hearing these words, ric''s veins bulged as he had the urge to strangle her.


    Gtea couldn''t help but feel her emotions on the verge of breaking down. She trembled all over and couldn''t hold on anymore. She didn''t say anything else and ran out.


    However, she ran until she was out of breath and had no strength left in her body. She nearly copsed by the side of the road and had to stop and catch her breath. But then, a car stopped beside her, and the sound of the car door opening followed.


    "Are you okay?" Ambrose''s concerned voice sounded in her ears.


    Just before, Ss informed him that he didn''t have to wait and that their lunch meeting had been canceled. Ambrose promptly left.


    Now, Gtea was in a sorry state. Thest person she wanted to see was Ambrose, but now he exposed her in such a pitiful state.


    Was this ric''s arrangement? Does ric want to test whether Ambrose would not be able to resist seeing her like this?


    Hahaha...Gtea self-mockinglyughed in her heart, and as she looked at Ambrose in front of her, she suddenly understood the true faces of these men.