Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 149 Crafting Another Persona Again

I tried hard to gather tears in my eyes. Though I didn't want to admit it, I was

clearly mimicking Elsa right now. After all, in the eyes of a man like Jeremiah, only fragility would stir his desire to protect.

"If you're the one behind all this, then it'd prove you truly care about me. I definitely don't want a divorce. Building a business isn't my goal. I just don't want to be ignored by you anymore."

As soon as the words left my mouth, Jeremiah quickly walked over and wiped away my tears.

I turned away from his hand. "If you didn't do any of this, then I can be sure there's no place for me in your heart anymore."

With that, I turned to leave.

Jeremiah immediately grabbed my wrist, a smile spreading across his face. "No, that's not it! How could I not care about you? It's been so long since I've seen you cry. When you do, I feel like I'm the villain."

His face twisted into a sleazy grin, making my stomach churn.

I scoffed inwardly. Sure enough, Jeremiah would fall for this act every time.

loved me, nor Elsa. He only truly loved himself and his inflated sense of male superiority. Any woman with a bit of beauty would immediately trigger his sentimental and protective nature the moment

of his grasp, lowering my head intentionally to

just want to know if you

with Jeremiah for a while, but just

respond, a young woman suddenly pushed

It's bad! Ms. Elsa has

room only after speaking, and her face was

was too frantic to care about her mistake. The tenderness

walked toward the door, but he suddenly turned to look at me just as he reached

a composed smile. "It's fine. I understand. Go

in Jeremiah's eyes before he turned and left the office with the young

tightly behind them. I let my expression return to its

this time. Without her, who knew how much longer I would've had to put on this nauseating act until I found an excuse to get him out of the

to Jeremiah's computer after shaking

expected, it was locked. I tried entering his and Elsa's birthdaysbut failed each time. There was only

if I failed

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