Chapter 243 I Never Broke Up With You
Her words rang in his ears; it felt as though a thousand little needles were poking his eardrums. “What did you just say?” he demanded as he grew flustered.
She turned to look at him with a raised brow while feeling emboldened. “A marriage of convenience is still a marriage nonetheless. I am legally acknowledged as his wife.”
“You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?” Alexander asked through gritted teeth. She’s saying this to deliberately provoke me.
“Doing what on purpose?” Courtney looked at him with curiosity while feigning confusion about what he meant by those words. “I’m telling the truth. Is there anything wrong with what I said?”
He frowned. “Then, what about us?”
“Us?” She crossed her arms as she appraised him from head to toe. Then, she shrugged casually. “Isn’t it obvious? We’ve broken up and now, we’re nothing more than former lovers.”
Alexander’s icy demeanor had shifted after returning from Shanghai; he had requested for flowers and food to be continuously delivered to the Citron studio for the past couple of days.
However, Courtney knew better than to fall for his sugar-coated tactics. After all, he was in the wrong—he had yet to apologize to her and it did not look like he would do so anytime soon. Even if he did, she was not sure whether it would be enough for her to reconcile with him.
In the absence of an apology on his part, they would remain as nothing more than former lovers.
Alexander, on the other hand, seemed to disagree as he argued, “You appear to have forgotten that I never broke up with you in the first place.”
“Is that so? I seem to recall hearing that you told the cops that night that we were not a couple.”
On the night they broke up, she had called the cops out of anger and he denied that he had any relationship with her when he was hauled into the police station. If it was not for his background, he would have been charged for attempted rape and be taken into custody.
While that was in the past, Courtney could not help but hold a grudge against him. “Be a man and own up to your words. You can’t just take something back like that, you know,” she sneered.
Alexander simply gaped. He clenched his fists and grumbled, “I’m going to kill Josh.”
she clarified. Then, she gave him a withering look as she mocked. “It’s no wonder
hearing that, Alexander’s expression soured. Is she going to hold that
had nothing to say in response, Courtney stopped mocking him and instead briskly said, “There’s something that I need to attend to, so I’ll be
can drop you off,” he offered
perfunctory smile as she explained. “I drove here. Besides, it
each other. Between the both
her past and
in the same spot and his brows
and they will bring up your past mistakes during your fights. If she hasn’t done that, it means she’s waiting for
it feels
the police station. He certainly
he knew he deserved it, even if
work, Bill and his team of designers managed to brainstorm with
tender, Citron
Group. The votes from the executives will account for thirty percent of the final decision whereas employee votes will account for the remaining seventy percent,” he
would still be the employees
all is fair during the tender, yes,” he answered with a knowing look
for seventy percent of the decision making, there was no guarantee that there would not be any schemes or attempts to rig the votes prior
work, but for fashion enterprises who were
such, one could not discount the possibility that someone would try to bribe the
someone to keep an eye on whatever happens within Sakura Group during this crucial time. The moment anyone starts rigging the votes, we need to be ready
began to discuss in earnest. “Why do we need to keep an eye on the votes? Do
would be able to
hire a professional for
as the room descended into a frenzy, Courtney’s phone rang. She glanced briefly at the caller ID and rose from her seat, saying, “I
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