till reeling from the audacity of this

face as outrage s

d he felt as humilia

it-he failed to defeat a

he leveled a glare at his

that he took a r

ask, but the eyes watching him spar

, too-it tugged at some

into place, connecting t

's

ut the words, ja

rise flashed

e recogni

ere about to go south. Her eyes darted to a window ne

cing quickly with every int

he window. But before she could escape, Ayden let out a cold laugh, closed

beat me twice and slip a

s echoed right b

let herself go limp, falling straight

nd his grip eased instinctively. Seizing the chance, Nicole spun a

in, and he jerked out of

She darted to the window, climbed up swiftly, and pause

her smile was

s, calling his b

rst through the d

Hay

who just jumped o

old, every word practically trembl

ever made a fool

s outra

e security team, saw the chaos, and

s bad f

er assigning Nicole as A

man?" Ayden fixed the clu

for words as he dabbed at his sweaty brow. "Mr. Hayes, I keep fu

member all his employees' information clea

he records, one of his employees r

mputers and the whole system jus

tood there, froz

everything collap

"Are you telling me the staff records disappeared?" Hi

.." The club owner's voice was barely a

ne could kill him, and the tension

stin knew Ayden

ed he was about to fa

yden finally turned and strode from th

away,

the club owner rushed after Ay