Desires Die Hard

Chapter 227

The moment Anya snuck outside, she ran into Jake.

He was in the meeting room earlier but went out to answer the phone. Once he finished, he wanted to go back to the meeting room to find Anya.

She happened to walk out while he was on his way back.

Jake said gently, “I saw Mr. Welton coming over. Shall we go say hi to him?”

Anya refused to go. She hurriedly pretended to look unwell as she said, “Mr. Hanson, my bad. I don’t feel good. Do you mind if I go back first?”

“Huh? Are you sick?” Jake was completely unsuspecting of her pretense. Instead, he was genuinely concerned and worried she was ill.

“Maybe I have l

yet to fully recover,” said Anya as she covered her belly. She looked so unwell that Jake dropped the idea of greeting Evan. Instead, he said gently. “In that case, let me give you a ride back to the office.”

He could go over and say hi to Mr. Welton on his own. “Let me go talk to Mr. Welton first.”

Anya nodded as Jake went into the conference room. She watched as Jake went in and was afraid that Evan might come out with Jake to see her if Jake told him she was unwell, so she quietly took the lift to the ground floor.

heaved a sigh of relief and quietly waited for Jake at the hotel lobby.

in the conference

Evan, “Mr. Welton, I think now that the air is cleared, no one will be able

and

Anya and I will head back to JK Couture first.”

Anya, Evan finally took interest in the conversation. “Ms. Mars is buying

and a little lost. “I–I didn’t know about lunch.” No

him thoughtfully. “Didn’t Ms. MacMillan tell

wants to go back to

trying to do. She must be trying to avoid him.

not hide from

said, “Where

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Chapter 227

waiting for me outside,”

to join us for lunch, let’s rain check this.” Evan told the assistant to pass a message to Lola about doing lunch

Jake, “Mr H

Jake, “Mr. Hanson, in that