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.

and began her skincare routine. She spent at least an

emails on his laptop when

1. m.

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

inappropriate.

mood

slightly wet locks, she

as she was able to enter the bathroom, she heard Jerome’s phone ringing.

noticed his face immediately fell after someone on the other end said something. His tone grew solemn as he inquired, “How

an emergency

was just pondering on his reaction when he glanced

but he pressed his lips together

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the end, Jerome said nothing.

away after grabbing

bothered to guess what

deal with his work, and she had no intention of being involved in his personal

herself down on the sheets and began to sort

the pictures. Celeste said that she’d look younger if she smiled a lot more.

agreed that she looked gorgeous in

a few stunning and aesthetically pleasing pictures to post on her social media.

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

ignored him, and instead struck up a conversation with him regarding

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