Chapter 222

Alfie instantly looked offended when he heard that. "Hold on, I gotta call you out on this one. You could feed me truckloads of walnuts and I still wouldn't get what you're trying to say!" Elizabeth let out a sigh. "Hannah approached us first, right? She knows the company has a new CEO, so why pick now to send an anonymous letter? Unless she already knew I was going after Bruce. Maybe she can't talk to me openly while she's still at Lane Group. I'm giving her an opening." A flicker of realization crossed Alfie's face, and he muttered, "Women's minds really are a maze." That same day, Alexander showed up at Lane Group. Victor Lane clearly felt the pressure when he saw him, but still forced himself to speak up: "What brings you here, Mr. Prescott? Trying to show off?" "Show off what, exactly?" Alexander asked, his tone casual. "Oh, I don't know—maybe that engagement with Elizabeth? Let's not pretend. I was supposed to be the one engaged to her in the first place!" Just talking about it m