Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 1041

Seth remained silent for a few seconds, perhaps longer.

He slowly released her.

Noreen looked up at him, her tone serious. "Seth, are you willing to tell me?"

The soundproof office suddenly fell deathly quiet. You could hear a pin drop.

The silence stretched on.

His dark eyes were hidden in the shadows of his brow, making it impossible to read his emotions.

He reached out and gently stroked her hair, his voice softer than ever. "I can tell you everything else about me, but not this."

The answer left Noreen feeling a little disappointed, though she wasn't surprised.

A golden boy like Seth used to be the role model for all the wealthy heirs and Wade Harcourt's greatest pride.

But no one knew what he had actually been through.

Not even Jude, the person closest to him, knew the full story.

He had spent years trying to bury the past, so naturally, he didn't want to bring it up to anyone.

Even though Noreen desperately wanted to know, she didn't dare tear open his unhealed wounds.

Her eyes curved into a soft smile as she wrapped her arms back around his waist, resting her cheek against his chest. "If you don't want to talk about it, I won't ask. Let's just focus on a good future together."

The most important thing was that Seth would be okay.

He had been through too much, and all she wanted was for the rest of his life to be smooth sailing.

His response was to lower his head and capture her lips again.

Only this time, he was trembling.

Noreen gently looped her arms around him, returning the kiss with tender affection.

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The public outrage continued to escalate, and Winrich's stock price plummeted further.

She couldn't quite wrap her head around her boss's decision.

How could she remain so calm when the stock price was crashing so disastrously?

The shareholders were practically blowing up the company phone lines!

Yet Noreen refused to answer any of them.

The entire company was in a state of panic, but Noreen alone acted as if she were entirely detached from the chaos.

However, late that night, just as the outrage hit its absolute peak and media outlets were prepping live streams to condemn her, something bizarre happened.

It started with a few of the loudest influencers. Suddenly, their homepages turned gray, displaying a 'Content Unavailable' error.

Immediately after, the floods of angry comments began to vanish in massive swathes.

It was as if a giant, invisible hand had taken an eraser to the internet, frantically wiping away every trace of the smear campaign.

Ten minutes later, the trending search topics regarding Winrich and Noreen evaporated into thin air, entirely replaced by a celebrity gossip scandal.