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.

of male superiority. Any woman with a bit of beauty would immediately trigger his sentimental and protective

my wrist out of his grasp,

just want to know if you really care

expected to be at an impasse with Jeremiah for a while, but just then, there

woman suddenly pushed the door open, her

Cornell! It's bad! Ms.

noticed me in the room only after speaking, and her face

The tenderness that had just appeared on his face

toward the door, but he suddenly turned to look at me just as he reached it. "Jae,

my hand with a composed smile. "It's fine.

in Jeremiah's eyes before

tightly behind them. I let my expression return

Elsa for 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

walked straight to Jeremiah's computer after shaking off

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

if I

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