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.

Any woman with

of his grasp, lowering my head intentionally

want to know

be at an impasse with Jeremiah for a while, but just then, there was a knock

young woman suddenly

Cornell! It's bad! Ms. Elsa

only after speaking, and her

frantic to care about her mistake. The tenderness that had just appeared

look at me just as he reached it.

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

Jeremiah's eyes before he turned and left the office

them. I let my expression return to its indifferent state with a relaxed

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

computer after shaking

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

ten minutes if

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