Back in Time: Unshackling From Love

Chapter 227

Jerome was unfazed.

“The company staff thinks we’re inseparable. We can’t let them find out we are sleeping in separate rooms,” he said.

Mikayla thought it was pointless. There was less than a week until their divorce.

She kept this notion to herself since she feared that he might think that she was angry.

Instead, she taunted, “Jerome, if you need a woman to satisfy your urges, there are plenty of women out there who are more than willing to do so. Don’t come to me instead–you’re putting yourself in a tough

spot.”

Jerome shot a scathing glare at her, obviously triggered by her obscenity.

“You slipped in my arms earlier. You were scantily dressed, and you were so close to me. It’s natural for me to have an erection–I’m a man, after all. I’m not a saint,” he said.

It sounded like something he’d say.

Mikayla had to admit that she wasn’t careful enough in the afternoon. The floor was slippery, and she accidentally fell into his arms.

She couldn’t be bothered to argue with him.

She strode toward the bathroom, leaving him to hoard the desk.

She took a shower and washed her hair.

After spraying her shoulder with the pain relief spray, she washed her hands.

began her skincare routine. She spent at

on his laptop

1. m.

he was being engrossed in his work. He’d be too occupied to

inappropriate.

the mood

locks, she

as she was able to enter the bathroom, she

immediately fell after someone on the other end said something. His tone grew solemn as he inquired, “How did this happen?

like an

his reaction when he glanced over at her.

he pressed his lips together promptly, as if he was reminded

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end, Jerome said nothing.

left right away after grabbing his car keys

to guess what happened.

had no

she plopped herself down on

smile was radiant in the pictures. Celeste said that she’d

doubted Celeste, yet she agreed that she looked gorgeous

pictures to post on her social media. She soon received a couple

her, asking her whether she’d been practicing. He mentioned that he’d test her on their next session, and he sounded perfectly

ignored him, and instead struck up a conversation with

said he had passed the preliminary audition and completed the shoot for