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.

events like this the most and intentionally annoyed her with it. Since he could not have her, she could become his stepping stone and give

you’re the only pretty one in

Cordelia rejected coldly. “My

back and make him dinner?” Jesse scoffed.

him. “It’s none of your business whether my husband can take care of himself or not, but if you dare provoke me again, he’ll beat you up, so you won’t be able to take

and stopped the

Johnson specifically asked for you. I’m only a messenger. If you refuse to go and offend the client,

after that,

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

to the Eterous Hotel. The moment she stepped into the

but now that she was seeing from such a close

saw her enter before he felt chills down his spine. When he came in just now, Michael and Jesse hurried to pander to

to find out about this…’ Josiah sucked in a cold breath and sprang up, his eyes

“I’m Cordelia Jenner, from

Josiah nodded

Jesse smirked inwardly. It seemed that no matter how successful a man was, he would barely pass up on a beautiful

there!” Michael gave her a look. “Pour Mr.

him wine, the latter

men were

forehead, and he had no idea where to place his

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