Chapter 195

Conference Room. All the top executives of the new Perkins Mall had already arrived, sitting upright and waiting for Alexander to host the very first upper-management meeting after the mall’s grand opening. Turns out, Caitlin isn’t just a name people throw around—she really made an entrance and let everyone know who’s boss the second she stepped on the scene. There’d been plenty of gossip lately about how she publicly took down a mistress. That story had made the rounds, and now everyone knew not to mess with her. So, these higher-ups, usually smug and carrying their own agendas, were now tense as anything, sitting there with tight faces, barely even breathing. The room was so on edge that even the faintest footsteps outside made people perk up like meerkats. After what felt like forever, the door finally creaked open, and… it wasn’t Alexander—it was just his senior assistant, Lucas Bennett. Lucas walked calmly up to the head seat, face as chilly and unreadable as always. “Mr. Perkins