Filed To Story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
“You might have to endure this for another half month. Just grit your teeth and get through it.”
Cora grabbed a throw pillow from the sofa and hurled it at Byron, who quickly rushed out of the door.
The pillow hit the door panel and slid directly on the ground like a deflated ball.
Furious, Cora stomped her foot, and at that moment, the doorbell rang.
She initially thought that someone who deserved a beating wanted to play a trick on her again, so she angrily opened the door while holding the pillow.
“Byron, don’t think I dare not beat you?”
When the throw pillow almost hit Lydia’s face, Cora pulled it back in time.
Cora frowned.
“Why are you here again?”
“According to the agreement, I brought all the gold here,”
Lydia said, but there was always a hint of disbelief between her brows.
Because in her impression, Byron, her younger brother who was over twenty years younger than her, had always been mature beyond his age.
When others were still playing with mud, he was already self-taught in computer programming and stock trading.
This was also why Osborn regarded him as a pride and, against everyone’s opposition, insisted on handing over the Hansen Group to him.
But today, she unexpectedly discovered that Byron also knew how to goof around with others.
This showed that Cora was different from him after all.
However, this was not good news for the Patton family. That’s why Lydia was all the more relieved that she had managed to gather the gold Cora wanted in a short period of time.
Thinking about it, Lydia gestured to the several men behind her to carry box after box of gold into
Cora’s room.
“Seven thousand ounces of gold, neither more nor less, and here is the agreement you wanted.”
Lydia coldly told Cora,
“I’ve arranged everything you wanted. It’s time for you to give me feedback now.”
Cora didn’t rush to answer. She casually opened one of the leather suitcases and took out a gleaming gold bar. In a rather tacky manner, she took a bite, and immediately a tooth mark appeared on its surface.
Seeing Cora’s tacky movement, Lydia frowned even more.
“No need to check it. I managed to gather this from several big banks on short notice.”
Cora smiled and said,
“Thank you, Mrs. Lydia Hansen.”
“As long as you can deliver what you promised.”
There was still a hint of a certain smell lingering in the room. Lydia, being experienced, naturally knew what the smell meant, so she didn’t want to stay in this room for even a moment.
After leaving those words behind, she immediately left with the men.
Cora had the day off today, and she didn’t have to go to the hospital after they left. So she took out the gold bars from the leather box one by one and laid them out in the living room.
With so many gold bars gathered together, the whole room shone with golden splendor, grand and magnificent.
However, she wasn’t sure how Byron would feel seeing her with so many gold bars that from someone else.
Cora felt Byron might find her repulsive and choose to part ways with her, or he might carry on with her as if nothing happened.
But whether it was the former or the latter, she knew their eventual outcome would be their own loneliness.
The only difference was that the former would expedite this process.
Cora originally planned to work on her competition piece during her day off, but these gold bars sent by
Lydia made her extremely restless, as if a sword was hanging over her neck, waiting for Byron’s judgment when he returned at night.
Byron came to Cora’s apartment after getting off work as usual.
As soon as he pushed open the door, the gleaming gold bars in the living room caught his eye, dazzling him.
He frowned immediately.
“Where did these come from?”
Cora pretended to be busy carving her competition piece and didn’t even bother to turn around and look at him.
“They were blown in by the wind. Do you believe that?”
Byron was still staring at the gold bars, thinking of Carter mentioning something about Lydia withdrawing gold bars from major banks a couple of days ago.
He took a few steps forward, grabbed Cora, and made her face him.
“Who gave these to you?”
He already had a guess, but he couldn’t help but want to force her to answer, hoping to hear the truth from her mouth.
“Mrs. Lydia Hansen, Eason’s mother, your sister.”
“Why did she give these to you?”
Byron approached slowly, his eyes reflecting her image clearly.
Cora found herself enjoying the sight of her reflection being the sole presence in his eyes, as it made her feel like he loved her just as much, to the point where his entire world revolved around her.
But Cora clearly knew that it was impossible.
Byron’s heart would never belong to her after all.
And even if he did have feelings for her, it would only be a little. And it would be impossible for him to like her enough to completely ignore his own family.
With this in mind, Cora smirked and said,
“Why? Of course, it’s because she found out that I slept with you, afraid that I would ruin your reputation and the harmonious atmosphere of the Hansen family. So she let me take the money and leave. I think gold is more valuable, so I took the gold and didn’t take the money.”
She looked at him with a smile, and her expression was full of allure.
But only she knew that she was using her smile to conceal her inner desolation.
“So you agreed to her?”
Byron gritted his teeth, and even the hand holding her arm tightened involuntarily.
“Yes, I agreed. Otherwise, how would I have these gold bars?”
Cora continued to smile, but the man’s expression quickly turned cold.
“So you’re ready to break up with me?”
Byron was filled with anger.
Although he had long suspected that Cora might be interested in his financial ability rather than himself, his heart still felt as if it had been hit by a heavy blow when facing the truth.
Cora nodded, but when she saw that Byron’s gaze seemed a bit dim, she said,
“I agreed, but I feel a little reluctant.”
She seemed to be joking, but there was a hint of sincerity in her words that only she knew in her heart.
“You must be reluctant to part with my money, aren’t you?”
He sneered sarcastically.
“You didn’t give me much money…”
Cora replied, but she couldn’t help feeling uneasy when she thought about how Byron had helped her settle the payment of liquor reselling and paid for all of Flora’s medical expenses.
So, under the sharp gaze of Byron, she said,
“But most importantly, I’m reluctant to part with you.”
Not sure if it was the effect of her words, but Byron noticeably loosened his grip on her hand.
“What are you reluctant to part with?”
“Mr. Hansen, you’re handsome, with an unparalleled figure, and the experience you gave me was extraordinary…
tsk, the more I talk, the more reluctant I become.”
Byron listened to her praise him, but his eyes remained cold as he asked,
“If you can’t bear to lose me, why did you agree to break up with me?”
Upon hearing these words, Cora felt a strong urge to cry welling up inside her.
She also longed to be with him.
But hearing him say that, she couldn’t help but feel greedy once again.
“Well, Mr. Hansen, if you refuse to separate from me, then everything will be fine, right? After all, I’ve got everything I want. But if you refuse to separate, there’s nothing I can do…”
Byron sneered,
“You’re quite clever, trying to get some benefits even when you’re not keeping your word.”
Cora knew very well that Byron was mocking her for being obsessed with money.
But compared to letting him know that she had other thoughts about him, she would rather have him misunderstand her greed for money. She didn’t want to reveal her feelings to him, which would be utterly embarrassing to her.
At that moment, she thought of what Sally had said before about pretending to break up for money. So she confirmed what he thought in a half-joking tone.
“If Mrs. Lydia Hansen doesn’t give up and make persistent efforts to give me money to let me break up with you. She might give me more than just this one sum of money! This method of making money is simply too easy.”
Little did Cora know that someone would always top her schemes.
Byron pondered for a moment, narrowed his eyes, and stared at her as he said,
“That’s actually a great way to make money! Let’s do it as you said, with a 20-80 split.”
“I get 80%, and you get 20%?”
Cora furrowed her eyebrows, finding it hard to understand if Byron was being serious or not.
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