Chapter 4 Do You Want to Retain Your Pride?

“Mr. Grant…” Before Stella could say ‘please have some self-respect,’ the private room door was pulled open. All at once, Stella jumped away from Miles’ embrace.

Anyone with a discerning eye could sense the risqué atmosphere in the private room, but Zane acted as though he didn’t notice anything amiss. He simply snagged his jacket before glancing at Stella, whose eyes were bloodred like a rabbit’s. “President Grant, my wife is beautiful, no?” As he said this, his eyes gleamed with vitriol.

The look in Miles’ eyes was shadowy and indecipherable. Standing at the table, he was a head taller than Zane. With a condescending aura of majesty, he pursed his lips and pinned his gaze on Stella. “Indeed, she’s stunning.”

Zane’s expression was amicable before others, but the moment they got back into the car, he cursed Stella out, calling her a sl*t. “You’re something else, Stella Johansson. Even a big shot like Miles Grant is captivated by you. Should I be complimenting my wife for seducing my collaborator?” His tone was cutting and derisive.

out the car window, not

for the rest of her life. However, things never went as one wished… On the fifth day Zane hadn’t been back home, she bumped into the loving couple who were

though deliberately provoking her, the woman who was initially carrying shopping bags placed a hand on Zane’s arm

sniggered. Under the gazes of everyone in the shop, she headed straight for Zane. “Darling, you said you were in a meeting, so I was even thinking about boiling some soup and going over to your office tonight to eat with you. However, it turns out that you’re having a meeting here with a woman…” As she drawled

be a

was just about to lambast Stella when she continued, “Tsk-tsk. And your taste is getting increasingly worse. Oh, you must have gotten your nose fixed in Korea, yes? It’s a bit

burst of laughter

this, Stella left with gratification. Sure enough, shortly after she’d left, Zane’s condemnation phone call came. “Stella Johansson, that was deliberate,

anymore, so why bother about your pride?” Beep, beep… The disconnect tone sounded. Stella threw her cell phone aside, her

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