Chapter One Hundred Forty Four

Henry was taken aback by Eve's response. He arched a brow. "You can't leave?"

She looked up at him and noticed that he was staring at her blankly. If she tells him that her legs were cramped, then he was surely going to yell at her for being disobedient.

"Why don't you leave? I'll just go through the notes I've taken down. I'll join you later." She said with a fake smile plastered across her face.

"Oka..y" Henry slowly replied. He could tell that Eve was lying to him. She wouldn't be going through any damn notes. She just wanted to dismiss him.

"I'll join you shortly in the office." She shooed him away.

He gave repeated nods and marched out of the room still suspecting that there was a problem.

Immediately after Henry stepped out of the hall, he strode to the back of the conference hall and stood beside a large window. From his chosen spot, he could see Eve by peeping through the window.

He watched her rub her palms against one another vigorously. He noticed the pain in her eyes when