Filed To Story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
“I’m fine. I washed my face in the restroom. Let’s go in.”
While pushing Sally back to the private room,
Cora secretly glanced toward the restroom.
Byron was still in the restroom. Cora smiled slyly.
After returning to the private room, private room, Cora’s appetite improved a lot. While eating and chatting with Sally, she occasionally talked with Carter and those big shots.
But those big shots were more interested in making a good relationship with Byron. They began to get irritable after waiting for Byron for a while.
“Why did Mr. Hansen take so long? Maybe you should go and see him, Carter.”
“Could it be that Mr. Hansen feels not well?”
While they were speaking, Carter suddenly looked at Cora.
He seemed to have seen through her. Cora quickly lowered her head to avoid his sight.
Fortunately, the door of the private room opened at this moment.
Byron came in with his usual expression.
Those big shots continued to flatter Byron.
Byron sat down. There was a smoke smell on his body. Besides, Cora noticed that his other hand was always in his trouser pocket.
Perhaps due to her gaze, Byron’s slightly warning eyes fell on her suddenly.
But that was only a warning look. Fortunately, he didn’t tease Cora under the dinner table again.
Cora was secretly delighted. As she had expected, this method was very useful.
She was in a good mood until the end of dinner.
After dinner, Cora asked Sally whether she wanted to go to the movie or do something else. A car pulled up beside her. Carter asked,
“Miss Lane, can I drive you home?”
Cora took one look at Byron in the back seat and felt a slight panic.
“No, thanks. I’ll watch a movie with
Sally.”
But Sally declined at once.
“I don’t want to go to the movies, Cora. Go back with Carter. Goodbye.”
The couple in love had been separated for about a week because of the medical support activity. It was the time for them to have a romantic night.
Sally thought it would be too inhumane to Carter if she took Cora to a movie at night.
But Sally didn’t know Cora didn’t want to return with Byron.
Cora had teased him in the restroom just now. She was doomed to have a miserable time tonight. So she didn’t want to go home earlier.
“If you don’t want to go to the movie, I’ll take you home. It’s not safe for you to go home alone.”
After saying that, Cora dragged Sally to hail a taxi.
But Sally decided to leave by herself.
“You are overthinking. Don’t worry about it. I’m not as pretty as you. No men would bully me. It’s not safe for you to send me home!”
She refused Cora and even shook off her hand. Then, she immediately hailed a taxi and left.
Seeing Sally leave without looking back, Cora wanted to cry.
But just then, Carter got out of the car and helped her open the rear door.
Cora looked at Byron’s deep eyes and half-smile, wanting to escape immediately.
But as soon as she turned around, Byron quickly dragged her into the car.
Cora wanted to break free from his arms that bound her like iron tongs, but Byron’s hoarse warning sounded in her ears.
“If you move one more time, I’ll do it now.”
Cora dared to move anymore. The car went like an arrow toward her apartment.
As soon as they returned to the apartment, Byron untied his tie on Cora’s hands.
Cora was a little scared.
“Mr. Hansen, can we talk it out? No need to get physical.”
“Did you try to talk it out when you touched me in the bathroom?”
“I didn’t have other options. Wait. Take it easy…”
He was like a hungry wolf, and Cora couldn’t stand it.
“Call me Byron.”
Under the coercion of the man, Cora had no choice but to call him by his name.
“Byron…”
It was just this soft call seemed to activate an unknown switch on him.
For the whole night afterward, he didn’t even let her go when Cora lost her voice because of shouting too much.
After a night of intenseness, Cora was listless.
But she still arrived at the hospital earlier and went to the burns unit to see Flora.
In fact, she had visited Flora when she came back yesterday, but Flora was asleep at the time, so she didn’t stay for too long.
But she didn’t expect that Jane would be there when she came to visit Flora today.
“Dr. Yoris, do you want some grapes? How about I peel some for you?”
When Cora entered the ward, she happened to see Flora warmly offering grapes to Jane.
“No, Mrs. Flora Lane. Thank you. I’m good.”
But even though Jane had refused, Flora still peeled the grapes for her.
“Grapes are rich in anthocyanin, which can resist oxidation and keep you young.”
She not only patiently talked to Jane about the benefits of grapes but also personally handed the freshly peeled grape to Jane’s lips.
Jane looked at the hand covered with gauze holding the wet grapes, and the smile on her face froze at that moment.
She wanted to refuse because she didn’t want to eat such a dirty thing.
But Flora was very stubborn and kept pushing the grapes to her mouth.
Just when Jane was at a loss, Cora quickly snatched away the grape from Flora’s hand.
This move brought them both back to their senses.
“Cora, why did you eat the grape I peeled for Dr. Yoris?”
Flora complained.
“Mom, these grapes are really sweet. If you want to feed grapes to others, you can feed them to me.”
Cora smiled brightly.
Chewing the sweet grapes, her heart felt extremely bitter.
She had never had grapes that Flora peeled for her since she was a child.
But for something she cherished so much, Jane showed disgust all over her face, which made Cora feel uncomfortable and distressed.
“That was for Dr. Yoris.”
As she said that, she smiled apologetically at Jane.
“I’m sorry, Dr. Yoris. She has been acting like this since she was a child. Sorry about that. How about I peel a few more for you?”
“No need. Just leave them for Dr. Lane.”
Jane quietly looked at Cora while she said this.
Cora had a ruddy and lustrous complexion, and she was in a great state.
She suddenly thought that Byron had personally brought the people of the Hansen Group over to support the Clamville. Cora must have flattered Byron a lot…
Jane was depressed, but she was the one standing beside Byron openly at the moment, so she just needed to use some means behind her back. She couldn’t lose her sense like Mia, which would only arouse the disgust of men.
She suppressed all her disgust towards Cora and showed a sincere smile.
“Dr. Lane, you are back.
Was everything going well?”
Hearing Jane’s question, Cora felt a little sad.
She went to support Clamville, was in danger several times, and finally came back safely. However,
Flora didn’t even say one word of comfort. She only cared about flattering Jane and peeling grapes for her.
On the contrary, Jane, the mastermind behind the scenes, checked on her.
Cora comforted herself over and over again in her heart that Flora had a mental problem, and that’s why she treated others better than her daughter.
When she recovered, this would not happen again.
Besides, Flora thought she was going out for training, and Flora didn’t know that she was there to support Clamville. If Flora knew, she would definitely not be as calm as she was now.
However, Cora did not reveal these emotions in her heart in front of Jane.
“It went well. Dr. Yoris, thank you for taking care of my mother during this time.”
“That’s great. I’ll go back to the office now.”
Jane didn’t want to stay in this ward at all, for fear that Flora would feed her grapes again.
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