Filed To Story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
Jane didn’t reply because she had already looked there, and Byron was not in.
So she suspected that Byron was with Cora.
She wanted to go directly to Cora’s room to look for him, but she was afraid to see what she least wanted to see.
Just when Jane didn’t know what to do, William’s voice came,
“He is here. But who is the woman beside him?”
Jane followed William’s gaze and saw Byron slowly walking over from the beach.
Byron seemed to have an innate powerful aura that made it impossible for anyone to ignore his existence, even from a distance.
As always, Jane’s heart skipped a beat when she saw Byron.
But this time, seeing him on the beach, she also felt flustered and restless because Cora was right behind Byron.
Although they kept a certain distance, it was obvious that they came together.
Did it mean that Byron had been with Cora while he was absent?
Jane was trying so hard to figure it out that she didn’t notice the subtle tremor in William’s voice just now.
But Sara noticed the change in her husband’s voice and followed his gaze to look at the beach.
Then, she also saw the woman walking with Byron, wearing an off-white dress. She had a graceful figure as well as a pretty face.
But Sara found this pretty face resembled another person’s.
“That woman’s surname is…
Lane?”
Sara’s words brought Jane back to her senses,
“Mom, do you know her?”
“So her surname is really Lane?”
Sara’s expression changed slightly, and then she quickly turned to
William.
But William was gazing toward Byron and Cora, lost in thoughts.
“Yes. She is Dr. Lane and is currently interning in our hospital. She is dating Carter, so I invited her to my birthday party this time.”
It sounded like Jane was just explaining Cora’s presence carefully, but in fact, she was trying to convince herself and her parents that this was the only reason why Cora was here.
Because she was afraid to find out the truth, and she was also afraid that she would lose Byron.
“Are you sure she’s dating Carter? Why do I feel she and Byron…”
“Mom, don’t say this in front of Carter. He is very protective of Dr. Lane.”
“Is he?”
Sara sounded worried, not paying attention to what Jane said.
Soon, Byron and Cora came to their side.
Cora walked up to Jane first and gave Jane the birthday present she had prepared.
“Miss Yoris, happy birthday.”
“Thank you.”
“You’re welcome. It’s just a small object carved by myself. I hope you like it.”
Cora couldn’t come to Jane’s birthday party empty-handed, so she picked out one of the small objects she carved and brought it here in a package.
Jane accepted the gift gracefully but then handed it to the housekeeper without even looking at it.
Seeing Jane’s actions, Cora knew she was not interested in her gift.
Seeing the two middle-aged people behind Jane, Cora smiled and nodded at them out of courtesy.
But after she nodded, the expressions of those two people became a little weird.
The man stared at Cora’s face blankly, drifting away in thoughts, while the woman glared at her resentfully as if she was going to eat Cora alive.
Cora frowned and thought maybe she had angered them by showing up with Byron just now. So she casually explained,
“I didn’t know where the party was just now, and Mr. Hansen happened to be headed here. So I just came with him.”
Sure enough, Jane and her parents no longer looked so angry when they heard Cora’s words.
But Byron gave Cora a cold glance.
“Carter has already prepared the gift, and it will be delivered later.”
Not only did Byron sound polite and alienated, he even asked other people to prepare the gift!
Sara was dissatisfied. No mother would like to see her daughter being treated perfunctorily.
She wanted to ask her husband William for help but found that William was still looking at Cora blankly.
Sara was suddenly overwhelmed by anger and jealousy, but the remaining rationality allowed her to maintain the reserved manners of a lady.
“I’m sorry, Dr. Lane. We still have to discuss the birthday party arrangement. Can you please excuse us?”
Sara was perfectly polite, not showing any of her emotions. So Cora nodded slightly and left.
“Byron, you have been with Jane for a while now. I think it will be a good idea for you two to get engaged today at the birthday party. What do you think?”
Sara cut to the chase as soon as Cora left.
“She hasn’t been back for long, and I don’t think we have spent much time together.”
When Byron replied to Sara, he glanced at Cora from the corner of his eye.
She wore a white dress, which perfectly matched the refreshing blue sky and white clouds. And her perfect figure made her stand out from the crowd of women dressed in bikinis.
Sara understood that Byron didn’t want to get engaged yet, so she frowned and exchanged a glance with Jane.
Seeing her mother’s questioning eyes, Jane was embarrassed and forced a smile.
In fact, she also didn’t expect that Byron would reject her mother’s proposal. She thought that it would be easy to settle the marriage with her parents present. But…
“Although Jane hasn’t been back for a long time, you have spent quite some time together. Back in the day, when we got married, we didn’t even have a chance to get acquainted before the wedding. It was all determined by our parents.”
Seeing Jane’s expression, Sara figured out the situation. But she still tried to persuade Byron and settle their engagement today.
Because they held this grand birthday party for Jane expecting them to get engaged, they even invited many reporters. Besides, Sara judged from the way Byron looked at Cora that he didn’t just take Cora as the girlfriend of his friend.
So she wanted Jane and Byron to get engaged as soon as possible.
And she thought Byron probably wouldn’t turn her down for the sake of politeness.
But Sara never expected Byron to throw the question back to her,
“You also said it was the case of your days. Isn’t it too old-fashioned to still apply the outdated tradition now?”
Byron’s stubborn attitude made William frown.
“Actually, that’s not what Sara meant. But it will be good for you to settle down earlier because you are about the age to get married. Many people of your age have already become fathers.”
William had been obsessed with medicine all his life, and his only contribution to the Yoris family was to marry Sara, who was from a well-matched family, and to give birth to Jane, the only girl of the Yoris family.
Before he left for Breezy Tides Island, Arnold gave him a task to settle the marriage of Byron and Jane.
William also thought that Byron wouldn’t turn him down because he was Byron’s future father-in-law.
Byron also didn’t want to embarrass William at first, not because of the Yoris family, but because Byron respected William for his contribution to medicine.
But at this moment, Byron saw Harry let go of the woman in his arms and walked towards Cora.
Harry and Cora were talking about something and laughing happily.
Seeing them laughing together, Byron suddenly lost his patience with the Yoris family.
“You mean people have to get married when they reach the average age of marriage? Does that mean people must die when they reach the average age of life expectancy, even if they are perfectly healthy?”
As soon as he said these, the expressions on the Yoris family changed.
Sara almost argued back.
Although she had also been dissatisfied with William’s gentle character, she couldn’t stand others being disrespectful to him because he was her husband. Being disrespectful to William meant being disrespectful to her.
But before she could say anything, Jane explained for Byron,
“Mom, Dad, Byron didn’t sleep well last night, so he is not in a good mood now. Let’s talk about this later.”
“But…”
Sara wanted to say something, but Jane interrupted her,
“Mom, don’t worry. There is still time. Let’s talk about it after a while after we spend more time together.”
Sara knew Jane was making a great effort to be graceful in front of Byron, so she could only suppress her anger and left with William to greet other guests.
Jane turned to Byron and said,
“Byron, don’t mind my parents. They meant well.”
“Okay.”
Byron had also realized by now that his attitude towards William was a bit over the line. William didn’t get angry with him, which made Byron feel guilty.
So Byron did not refuse when Jane asked him to cut the birthday cake with her later so that her parents wouldn’t worry too much.
Then he walked towards Harry and Cora.
Harry soon noticed Byron coming over. He also noticed momentary displeasure on Byron’s face when he saw Harry’s hand on Cora’s shoulder.
“Cora, don’t you think Byron is a bit inhumane and unbearable? Why don’t you leave him and choose me? I have everything he has, and I’m good at some things he is not…”
Harry did not lower his voice because of Byron.
He was very close to Cora when he said the last sentence, suggesting some meaning between the lines.
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