The Kiss that Sparked it All novel Chapter 1372

Chase gave a slight smirk. "Oh? So you weren't here for me. My bad, I must have misunderstood."

With that, he brushed past her, heading for his office.

Belinda twisted her lips in frustration as her heart filled with anger and helplessness.

He absolutely did that on purpose.

How had she never noticed before that Chase was such a master of pretense?

Now there was nothing she could do. She'd have to wait for Jacob to finish work and then explain everything to him.

Sighing, Belinda headed off alone to the company's cafeteria to wait.

The meeting went on for over two hours, ending just in time for lunch.

Employees flocked to the cafeteria to grab their meals. A few of Belinda’s close colleagues came over to say hi and make some small talk.

Spotting Jacob entering the cafeteria, Belinda quickly finished her conversation with her colleagues and got up to approach him.

Jacob, tray in hand, joined the lunch line, ignoring her.

Belinda gently tugged at his sleeve. "Jacob, let's go out to eat something else. My treat!"

Jacob gave her a cold glance. "No need, I'll just grab something here at the office; I have work to do later; I don't have time to go out."