Chapter 379

lan didn’t pick up the phone, which was pretty much a public slap in the face, but she didn’t give a hoot.

She made her way to the Raymond Corporation.

It was already seven in the evening, but the lights at the Raymond Corporation were still blazing.

When she got to the top floor, Jeff was still there, seemingly surprised to see her show up that late..

Maja gave him a wry smile, “I’m here for Mr. Raymond*

He replied, “The boss has an international meeting tonight. He just went into the conference room, probably for two hours.”

She was prepared to wait, so she took a seat on the side..

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But as she waited, she grew impatient. She never thought she’d stoop so low as to make such a deal with someone.

Her mom had always instilled in her the importance of hard work and being self–reliance.

Lillian’s favorite lesson was that women must be financially, mentally, and morally independent.

As a kid, Maja didn’t get it, but as she grew older, she began to appreciate Lillian’s wisdom.

Her knowledge and wisdom set her apart from other

the past, time

door swung open, she stood up, and there was lan, looking all high and

casually draped over his arm, with only a watch as an accessory. He looked

his desk, and his eyes landed on her across the

blood–red. Under the overhead light, his skin looked as smooth as cold porcelain. No matter when she looked at his face,

“Mr. Raymond.”

as

why

hour, the price tag isn’t the same, you know.”

rejecting him earlier in the

was probably the first time lan had ever been given the cold shoulder by a woman, so he walked up to her, lifted her chin, his eyes filled with mockery.

face turned red, then pale in an instant. She felt totally mortified.

Raymond, what’s the

were pale, her

and stood up straight, his words as cold as his demeanor.

had to sleep with me

a buzz

eyelashes flutter, as if sleeping with him was such a

out a cold laugh and turned around to head back to his

she grabbed his wrist, her

times it

pulling her up onto his

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