My lips pressed tight. “What if I run away with all your money?”

Another laugh. “You can take anything you want, baby. Everything is yours. Just make sure you also take me along. Because I can’t live without you.”

I could feel my cheeks and neck heating up again at his cheeky response. Now he was flirting with me?

Unbelievable man!

I wiggled out of his arms. “Whatever you say, I’ll make you take everything back from me. Or I will give it back to you!”

He quirked a brow. “It’s non reversal, Rosebud.”

“We’ll see!” Huffing, I turned around and walked away.

“Where are you going?”

His footsteps behind me reached my ears.

“To the meeting. With the responsibility you gave me, do I have any other choice?” I replied, without stopping.

“Right. But what about my forgiveness? You didn’t forgive me yet.”

“I said I’d consider. And you didn’t agree to my second condition.”

He groaned.

“Now that’s not fair, Rosebud. I agreed to one, even though it was too much for me to do. And the second one wasn’t negotiable.” He continued to walk after me down the hallway outside of his office.

“It’s absolutely fair. The deal was for two conditions, and you only agreed to one.”

“I can still keep my men after you, you know.”

“You can’t. You promised.” I wasn’t bothered by his threat. He was bound by his promise here.

He stayed quiet.

Huh? Accepted defeat so soon?

An involuntary smile tugged at my lips as I walked ahead of him. I wasn’t letting the equal owner thing go so easily. I’d give it back to him today or tomorrow. At least I got his men off my back.

A masculine groan reached my ears.

What was that?

Turning over my shoulder, I looked at him.

His heated gaze set on my butt. With wide eyes and flushed cheeks, I turned back my head and walked as fast as I could.

Pervert!

After the meeting, when I strolled out from the conference room, leaving Ace behind to discuss something with some of the board members, I spotted Tobias.

“Hey! You’re here at this time?” It was almost lunch hour.

“Yeah, remember the project Achilles invested in my startup company? I needed to discuss something with him.”

Oh, I almost forgot about that. And thanking him for helping Tobias also slipped my mind. But I couldn’t let one thing slip at that moment, the one that was nagging me in the back of my head since the meeting with Warner.

“Ace is still busy with some board members. Why don’t we hang out at my office until he is free?” I needed to dig out information about Arthur from him.

He nodded. “Sure!”

Once we were in the safety of my office, out of anyone’s earshot, I didn’t waste anymore time.