Chapter 46

No one picked up. Edward stared at the now-dark screen of his phone, lost in thought. He pushed down the nagging suspicion in his heart, set the phone aside, and went back to work. Whatever it was, he could deal with it later tonight at the estate. At six in the evening, Edward stepped out of his office. As he passed by Alice’s desk, his footsteps paused. Alice stood up quickly and said softly, "Mr. Hawthorne." She had updated him earlier that the rumors online had been handled, but judging by his face… he still didn’t look too happy. Edward’s cool gaze stayed on her delicate face. His voice was deep, like he was mulling something over. "Alice, how long have you known your husband?" Alice was caught off guard. She thought he might bring up that whole ‘rich old husband’ nonsense again, but surprisingly, he asked something different. To stay consistent with the lie she’d told before, she had no choice but to keep going. "We’ve known each other for quite a while." Edward kept looking at h