Chapter 163

"The first time..." It was the first time Louise flat-out refused to meet her. Ava stood at the entrance of the Bennett Group building, craning her neck to peer up. Louise, just stepping out of the business department, walked past the large glass wall. Ava spotted her from below, her face emotionless, completely unreadable. Without hesitation, Ava shoved past the front desk and made a beeline upstairs. "Miss Reed, you can't go in! Miss Reed, wait-" Ava didn't even glance back. She pushed forward and caught sight of that all-too-familiar figure heading toward the corner. "Louise!" Louise, just about to leave, heard her name and paused. As she turned, she saw Ava coming up the stairs. "Ms. Bennett." "You go on ahead," Louise said to the staff next to her and stepped aside. Once they were alone, the two of them stood facing each other. "I told you-I don't have time for you today." "You saw it, didn't you?" Ava recalled a phone call Louise had made to her back then. Ever since that moment,