Desires Die Hard

Chapter 148

“No.” Anya didn’t want to talk about Even at all. “I have to get back to work now, Jake.”

“Alright.” Jake wasn’t a bully like Evan who had to have his way all the time. In fact, he was extremely thoughtful. He placed the cup of tea on Anya’s desk before heading back to his office.

The sight of the steaming ten simply made Anya more agitated.

She was seized by an impulse to quit right there and then.

But then she thought about it and decided against it. JK Couture was a good company. She wasn’t willing to risk losing a bright future because of Evan.

Anya sunk into a depressive funk as she contemplated her predicament.

That was when Shane’s bodyguards appeared. They hadn’t showed up for a few days.

Shane replicated the usual tactics he deployed when trying to woo a woman. Today, he presented her with an LV bag that was worth fifty grand and an enormous bouquet of red roses.

That was exactly what he had done the last time.

He had gotten a different bag though. It was a different brand.

Shane’s bodyguards presented the LV bag and the enormous bouquet of roses to Anya. Then, they handed an invitation card to her. It was from Shane. He would like her to join him for dinner tonight.

Anya scanned the contents of the card quickly. She was of the mind to turn down the man’s Invitation,

That was when she remembered that Evan had invited her for dinner tonight too,

After weighing the pros and cons and considering her options, the young woman decided to accept Shane’s invitation to dinner. Naturally, she wasn’t interested in dinner. She simply wanted to have a chance to speak to Shane and clear things up between them.

wasn’t interested in being courted or wooed by anyone.

bodyguards were surprised that Anya had chosen to accept the gifts and Shane’s invitation to dinner. They called Shane immediately to let him know the

smug smile. Someone had

she had just agreed to a date because of a bag

spread throughout the company like

few moments before vehemently throwing themselves back into

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But the events of the day had led her to not being able to have dinner with her family. There

Anya got back to

Welton. It had been a while since the old

friendly voice. “Are you busy? Do you have time to spare for an old lady? I was thinking that

honestly adored the

I’m so sorry but I’m swamped with work

today. Perhaps another day?” Anya m didn’t dislike his grandmother. Mdm

have the heart to be unkind to the

turn chef for the day and make

JK Couture If Anya

in Anya’s gut. After a long moment of hesitation, the young woman finally spoke again. “Sure. I’ll do that when I have

your work and stop bothering you then.”

day, Mdm Welton.”

nose tightly in an attempt to ease the agitation and tension

sped by. Soon, it was evening. The view outside the office was a brilliant palette of reds, purples, and oranges as

that she had an emergency to attend to at home and needed to knock off half an hour earlier. She