Chapter 116: Disgusting Angelica

Damian I sat on my chair, ready to prepare for the day, as Julie, My secretary, wasn't around. "I have no idea what my schedule is today. I muttered to myself. As I began to open my Google schedule. My phone vibrated in my hand. It was a new number. I answered immediately, "Hello, Damian. Who's speaking on the line?" Then I heard her voice, "Hi, Damian." My fist clenched around the pen I was holding, the metal groaning under the pressure. Angelica’s voice, sugary sweet, filled my ear. It was the kind of voice that could make a weaker man crumble, but I wasn’t that man. Not anymore. “I was just thinking about you,” she purred through the receiver, her tone with a flirtatious edge. “I wanted to check in and see how you were holding up after everything. You seemed so... tense last time.” I could almost see her face; those painted red lips curled into a knowing smile as if she had some kind of power over me. The image made my skin crawl. I had to remind myself that this was the sam