Sweet Submission: Reclaiming Her Love

Chapter 62 A Single, Two- letter Word

“Hey, you always do this!” Shirley scolded Corynn lightheartedly, feigning anger. “You always play deaf when we talk about this.”

As expected, Corynn grabbed her blanket and pulled it over her face, pretending not to hear her mother’s

complaints.

Shirley promptly yanked the blanket away and said with a pout, “I’m serious! Jason’s a good man. You can’t make him wait too long!”

Hoping that agreeing perfunctorily would get her mother off her back, Corryn begrudgingly nodded in response. “Just… think about it carefully,” Shirley said with a resigned sigh. “I’ll come back this afternoon to check on you. With an army of bodyguards standing outside, Shirley felt at ease leaving her daughter alone at the hospital. Corynn lay there, eyes closed, contemplating Shirley’s words. Jason had indeed been waiting for her answer for so long, and he had done a lot for her.

And there was no way she could repay him in this lifetime.

Alas, there was some truth to Shirley’s words–Jason didn’t need her to repay the favors; he just wanted her.

Besides, Jason was a good choice on paper.

But Corynn couldn’t get over the fact that she had no romantic feelings for him, especially since she had recently gotten entangled with Elliot again.

As these messy thoughts plagued her mind, Corynn let out a heavy sigh.

over to the window, intending to enjoy the view, only to see

gaze, Elliot looked up, and their eyes met.

uneasy, Corynn quickly looked away and hastily returned to her bed.

earth was Elliot doing here?

shown up just in time to save her from certain death, she couldn’t help but wonder

But why?

Single, Two

let herself entertain

she turned over in bed and squeezed her eyes shut, hoping to catch up on

Corynn, but as soon as she averted her gaze, he felt as though someone had poured a bucket of cold water over him, instantly

wanted to see

deliberately waited until he knew that she was alone in her

they could have a

door. “Corynn, may I come in?”

at the sound of

hell was

made eye contact? Damn it!

want to see him, but just as she opened her

stood Elliot.