Chapter 153

Alicia gazed into his purple eyes, prodding for any hints. His unexpected response surprised her. It was the first she heard Ivan viewing Dimitri in a positive light.

“…Do you really think so?”

Ivan did not reply and made a somewhat vexed face. He traced his hand around her neck and lightly pulled her face toward his chest.

He had no plans—or what seemed like one—to work anytime soon, and so Alicia said with slight hesitancy, “Basil left the documents with me before leaving. If you don’t finish your work, the blame will fall on me.”

“…Why did you take it from him?” Ivan clicked his tongue.

A fit of slight meager anger crossed Alicia’s face sensing that Ivan was blaming her for taking the responsibility.

“You’re the one exploiting and overloading Basil with piles of work! Why do you continue to overwork him like that?” Alicia criticized.

“Actually…” Ivan quickly pulled out an excuse card, “Alicia, part of that… well… Basil brought it upon himself.”

“What do you mean?”

“…In the past, wh