Cordelia froze. Once she heard Jesse’s voice now, everything in her automatically shifted to fight mode. She looked at him in alert.

Jesse could not help chuckling when he came close and saw her like this. He turned to Annie. “You can go back. Cordelia stays.”

Annie could only leave first, but she kept turning back to check on Cordelia, worried. Everyone knew about Jesse’s ulterior thoughts regarding Cordelia. Was he up to something by retaining her alone?

Annie stopped when she got to the company exit.

Before she and Cordelia went on the business trip together previously, the company regulation stated that each employee had to leave an emergency contact with both the company and their partner. She remembered that Cordelia had saved her husband, Marcus, as the contact.

Annie searched for Marcus’ number from her phone contacts and sent him a text after a moment of hesitation.

Jesse smirked at Cordelia in the office.

“What a capable junior I have.” He looked her up and down. “The company hasn’t been able to score Centrolis’ Bayers for years, but you managed to push the sales proposal in right away! Amazing, amazing!”

Cordelia’s expression was impassive. “Is this why you’ve asked me to stay back?”

“Of course not.” Jesse cleared his throat. “There’s a business dinner tonight. Come along!”

Cordelia looked at him loathingly, but he only grinned with nonchalance.

Since he could not have her, she could become his

want to ask you.” Jesse smirked darkly. “But you’re the only pretty one in the company. Sometimes,

“My husband’s waiting for me at home. I have

back and make him dinner?” Jesse scoffed.

words.” Cordelia glared at him. “It’s none of your business whether my husband can take care of himself or not, but if you dare

and stopped

messenger. If you refuse

his arm after that, leaving

could only give in even if she was unwilling to attend the

Hotel. The moment she stepped into the room, she saw

that she was seeing

either. He was surprised when he saw her enter before he felt chills down his spine. When he

sucked in

Bayer?” Cordelia nodded. “I’m Cordelia

oh.” Josiah nodded

matter how successful a man was, he would barely pass up on a

stop standing there!” Michael gave her a

him wine, the latter anxiously stopped her. “No, no! Don’t… You don’t have

two men were

chuckled awkwardly while fat droplets of sweat dotted his forehead, and he had no idea where

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