Chapter 178

"What's going on here?"

Jace's voice sliced through the air, icy and commanding.

Gone was the shameless guy who'd been messing with me back at OceanixCorp.

People always said women could switch their attitudes in a snap, but guys? They were no different.

The head of security, still looking freaked out from whatever went down earlier, rushed over and explained everything, his voice shaky.

Jace's gaze locked onto Hayden. "So, all of this is because of Mr. Hart's personal grudge?"

I could already tell Jace was gonna twist this to come after Hayden, and I had a bad feeling about it.

But Hayden didn't even flinch. Jace's lips curled into this smug, mocking smile. "That right, Mr. Hart?"

"Yeah," Hayden said.

Jace bent down, picking up a broken piece of debris from the ground. "So, how do you think we should handle this?"

"What do you want?" Hayden clearly saw through Jace's intentions.

I stayed quiet. Saying anything now would only make things worse.

If it weren't for me, Jace wo