Chapter 1651

Just as Bentley finished speaking, the phone on the table buzzed. He glanced at the screen, then bolted out the door without another word. "Who could it be? What's got Mr. Spade all worked up?" Helen asked, unable to curb her curiosity. "Well, it's definitely not a guy," Taylor replied. "Out of all the men Bentley knows, the only one he shows any real warmth toward is Tyrone. But that lovesick look on his face? Yeah, we all know exactly what that means." Sure enough, Bentley returned a few moments later, this time with a petite woman by his side. The mood shifted uncomfortably as soon as they recognized her—it was Ashley, the woman who had been plagiarizing Helen's paintings and selling them as her own. When Helen left, Bentley had harbored a one-sided crush on Ashley. No one had expected that infatuation to linger, let alone for them to end up together. Indeed, life had a strange way of unfolding. Oblivious to the tension in the room, Mia was genuinely excited that Bentley had