Elijah smiled. "No problem. I just think you seem a bit too natural about it. You're not the biological mother, yet you act like Teri is your own daughter. If the child's real mother knew, she'd probably be very happy." Athena's frowned. She didn't like what Elijah was saying and didn't want to talk to him anymore. Athena said to Elijah, "Alright, it's getting late. I need to go home. Do whatever you want, Mr. Elijah." Elijah watched as Athena stood up to leave. He didn't stop her and simply asked, "Have you remembered yet?" Remembered what? The matter of how she supposedly knew Elijah? No, they didn't know each other at all! Athena looked at Elijah coldly and said, "I don't know you, and I don't need to remember anything." Elijah sighed and said, "I was hoping you'd remember on your own. I didn't expect that after all this time, you still haven't." Athena's expression darkened. In the end, she couldn't hold back and asked, "When exactly did we supposedly meet? Please enlighten me, Mr. Elijah. If you're just using this to get close to me, then I think you should knock it off. This is pretty pointless." Elijah saw the anger on Athena's face and smiled. He said to Athena, "If you can't remember, forget it." After saying this, Elijah didn't say anything more or try to stop Athena from leaving. Instead, he got up on his own and slowly walked outside. Athena stood in place, watching his departing figure. Her hands at her sides clenched involuntarily.He's definitely doing this on purpose! Elijah had just brought up the matter, but only said half of what he meant. Maybe he'd done it on purpose. He wanted her to speculate, to arouse her curiosity, so that eventually she'd reach out to him on her own. This person was way too calculating! Athena felt guarded and didn't continue thinking about it. She decided to stay as far away from Elijah as possible in the future. Athena quickly collected herself, then left the office. After Athena left, Maya emerged from around the corner. She looked at the photos on her phone, and the corner of her mouth curved into a smile. Earlier, she'd thought that Athena and Elijah might interact again and she'd have something to photograph. She hadn't expected to find them alone together in the break room. And she'd captured quite a few good shots. Looking at the several photos on her phone, Maya laughed. She knew how to deal with Athena now! Maya logged into her alternate account and entered the hospital's work group chat. The hospital had a large group where almost all the doctors, including nurses and others, were members. Even Zaden was in it, though he rarely spoke. The chat was usually only for work-related matters. Maya immediately posted the photos she'd taken, along with a message. "Everyone was working themselves to the bone today because of the multi-car pileup, and Athena was slacking off, hiding in the break room with a man. I just had to say something!" As soon as the photos went out, everyone exploded.When Maya took the photos, her angles were very deliberately misleading. In the break room shots, because of where they were standing, it looked like Elijah was holding Athena in his arms, the two of them in an intimate embrace. Another photo from the operating room showed their hands touching. It was like killing two birds with one stone. The people who had been in surgery with Athena that day knew the person next to her was Elijah, but the hospital had so many people. Not everyone knew. When they saw the photos of Athena and Elijah, they immediately misunderstood. The comments flooded in. "No way! Tonight's situation was so serious, and Athena had time for a hookup?" "And in the hospital too. That's so unethical!" "Is the office part of their kinky games or what?" Maya watched the heated discussion with great satisfaction. Everyone should have seen it by now. She believed Zaden would see it very soon too. Zaden had originally been having dinner at the Storm Estate. Fortunately, aside from Drake being rather stern, nothing else had happened. He knew Athena and Teri were waiting for him at home. Just as he was about to head back, he suddenly saw the messages on his phone. He also saw the photos inside. The ones of Athena and Elijah. His brow furrowed, and a dark shadow appeared in his eyes that couldn't be dispelled. Drake was sitting in his seat, asking Zaden about company matters, while Peyton sat to the side. At that moment, someone came forward and whispered something to Peyton. His face turned cold as he opened his phone and saw those photos of Athena and Elijah.