Despite coming fresh out of a break-up, Elias sounded more helpless than upset and even lightened up enough to tease Jeanette in their banter. His attitude was making it hard for Jeanette to squeeze in a few words of comfort.“Now, now. Whatever happened between my ex-girlfriend and me has got nothing to do with you, okay? So don’t worry about it.” He chuckled. “But! If you insist on wallowing in guilt, well! I wouldn’t say no to you treating me to dinner.”“Me? Treating you to dinner? You mea

“Sorry, ma’am. No can do if there’s no reservation made.”In truth, Jeanette had come here once a few months ago. She had wanted to see Damon, but she did not get to do that without a spectacular row in the secretary’s office. Despite that infamy, the young lady behind the concierge desk still did not seem to recognize her as Damon’s wife-on-paper.Owing to that last debacle, Jeanette was reluctant to be candid about her identity. But now, there was no way she could see him if she kept waiting

Jeanette fought against her rising ire and stated sharply, “I know why you’re doing this, Damon. You just want to see me struggle. But this is between us. My company has nothing to do with our issue. So please, have the decency to not take innocent lives as collateral.”Damon sneered again. He would not admit that he had only learned about the issue with her company today. Miss Woods had only brought the document along with Jeanette’s phone because she noticed the advertising company was the on

Jeanette quietly shifted her arm. She was both sore and numb. It was simply unbearable. She slowly tiptoed, too afraid to make any sound.However, she had forgotten about the small box containing the ring, which she had been holding onto before she had fallen asleep, was currently lying under the duvet in between them. She hit her elbow against the box as soon as she moved and gasped from the pain.Damon hadn’t completely fallen asleep. He immediately woke up.When he felt the box under the c

However, what did Mimi and Elias’ relationship have to do with her?Jeanette was now a scapegoat. That exasperated her and annoyed her. However, she couldn’t even explain herself.The next day…Just as everyone from the office was getting ready at the studio, and they were about to rush through the filming, someone informed them, “Mimi wasn’t feeling well, so she had to go to the hospital. She can’t do the video shoot.”“What’s going on? Miss Norton was perfectly fine yesterday.”The shoot