"No, I didn't see him!" Iris was caught off guard by Mr. Hadid's direct question, and she thought it unlikely that Hadid kept up with entertainment news.
The atmosphere in the elevator suddenly grew tense. Hadid's piercing gaze fixed on Iris, his intuition telling him that her response concealed an unknown secret.
"Are you sure you haven't seen Theo?" Hadid's voice was low and firm, his eyes trying to penetrate Iris's defenses.
Iris avoided Hadid's stare, her voice slightly trembling, "I really didn't see him."
But Hadid wasn't convinced. He remembered seeing Iris' handbag in Theo's car this morning — there was no mistaking it for someone else's and Iris was holding the same handbag as well.
He decided to confront the issue head-on.
