Lucas was frozen in shock as he watched Luna saunter away.

After Luna disappeared into the elevator, he finally broke out of his stupor. He glanced first at the food container in his hands, then at the sight of Joshua chatting with the woman in his office, and immediately understood what had happened.

He smacked his forehead in regret and quickly strode into the room.

"Mr. Bean, why did you bring an extra portion of food when Joshua and I are almost done with our meal?" the woman asked, frowning as she glanced at the container in Lucas' hand.

Lucas rolled his eyes at her—just out of her sight—and placed the container in front of Joshua. "Sir, I ran into Ma'am outside the door just now. She came to bring you your lunch."

With that, he glanced at the woman and added with a hint of contempt, "I'm thinking that Ma'am must've arrived just in time to see you enjoying your lunch with Ms. Moore here and got the wrong idea."

came all the way to visit your cousin, why did you choose only to visit Sir here

Joshua. "You, too, Sir. Even if Ms. Moore here is just your cousin, you shouldn't have chosen to have lunch with her in private, in your office like this. Everyone else will get the wrong idea. And besides, it's clear that you didn't tell Ma'am that your cousin, Ms. Tara

furrowed his brows,

each other. Although Lucas was the assistant and he was the

Regardless…

glanced at Tara with a frown. "You're

his coat, and snatched the food container that Lucas brought to him. "I need to go home

going home to sweet-talk your wife? Do you need me to go with you and explain everything? Since this was all my fault, I should bear responsibility too, right?

this. He could not

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