Just yesterday, Arthur had said he would use the surveillance footage to prove his innocence. But now, barely a night later, he was saying that all the footage had been destroyed and there was nothing to investigate.
The way it sounded, it was like something a cheating man would make up to cover his tracks.
Arthur found himself unable to meet Ashley's gaze. He was afraid. Afraid that the trust she had just started to rebuild in him would shatter completely the moment she heard those words.
After speaking, Arthur lowered his head, waiting silently for Ashley's reaction, bracing himself for her anger.
His heart pounded with anxiety, his hands clenched so tightly that his palms were slick with sweat. Even when he had acquired Cloudia Corporation and taken it public, he hadn't been this nervous.
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