Filed To Story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
“It’s alright. I’ll join the water fight.
I won’t be bored. Hurry up and go team-building with your colleagues.”
The members of the Programming Department were eagerly waiting outside the door for Lucas to join them in the team-building activity, so Cora couldn’t let him stay by her side.
After her repeated persuasion, Lucas finally compromised.
“Alright then. I’ll be back soon, and when I return, I’ll take you to try the specialty skewers here.”
Once Lucas left, Cora was called to join the water fight.
Water fights were typically more enjoyable when played with familiar people.
Cora wasn’t very familiar with these family members, so nobody played with her for the time being.
She walked alone on the periphery, feeling like there was a barrier separating her from those frolicking in the center.
She thought this state would continue until the end of the activity. But suddenly, she was splashed with a ladle of water.
It didn’t hit her face, but it soaked the upper part of her body.
Annoyed, Cora raised her head and saw Byron holding a water ladle, looking as if it had nothing to do with him.
Cora gave Byron a cold stare and intended to turn around and leave, unwilling to engage with him any further.
After all, she had a boyfriend now!
But to her surprise, just as she was about to walk away, Byron swiftly scooped up a ladle of water and splashed it at her.
And this time, her face got soaked too.
Her long hair, draped over her shoulders, was also wet halfway down.
She became instantly furious, disregarding everything and shouting at him,
“Byron Hansen, what are you doing?”
Ignoring her, Byron scooped up another ladle of water and poured it on her, saying casually,
“Splashing water!”
Cora exploded with anger, grabbed a nearby ladle, and splashed water back at Byron.
Her retaliation stirred up Byron’s playful nature, and the two adults started chasing and playfully fighting like children.
Jason looked from a distance as the aloof and wealthy Byron and Cora laughed and played together. In his heart, he gave himself several thumbs up and whispered to himself.
“I’m really smart! I came up with such a brilliant water fight activity that made Mr. Hansen see what he wanted and have fun. It’s really difficult for someone like me to not be successful.”
However, while Jason highly praised his cleverness and pondered how he would politely accept additional investment from Byron, he received a disdainful look from Byron.
Jason was confused and thought,
“What did I do wrong? Why is he looking at me like that?”
As Jason looked confused, Byron paid no attention to Cora’s struggle and pulled her into the depths of the jungle.
Cora had only intended to take the opportunity to pay Byron back for leaving her so heartlessly when she was deeply in love, which almost drove her to the brink of a breakdown.
But she didn’t expect to be dragged into the depths of the jungle during their playfulness, which made her panic.
“What are you doing? Stop fooling around!”
Both of them were soaked, and their clothes stuck to their bodies.
Byron’s intentions were becoming clear.
Fortunately, Byron stopped when he pulled her to the shade of a large banana tree.
“Should I let you be exposed to others if I don’t take you away?”
As Byron said this, his gaze fell upon Cora.
Following his gaze, Cora saw that her wet skirt had become nearly transparent, leaving her exquisite curves exposed without any cover.
Cora suddenly felt her face burning, and she also noticed the fervent heat in Byron’s eyes.
“Whether I am exposed or not is my own business,”
she quickly turned around, planning to go back and wait for Lucas.
But Byron pulled her back, pressing her against the trunk of the banana tree.
As their bodies came closer, their breaths became heavy.
Those memories of intimacy seemed to resurface all of a sudden.
Especially for Byron, he was almost losing control. He held onto Cora’s waist tightly, and his lips started to approach hers.
But Cora still had some rationality left. Just as the man’s lips were about to touch hers, she quickly turned her face away.
So, his kiss landed on her cheek instead.
But Byron didn’t give up. He actually continued to kiss downward from her cheek.
She could feel herself trembling and her heart racing faster.
But she couldn’t bear to see herself sink into another loveless abyss with no future. She forcefully pushed Byron’s face away from her body and questioned him.
“Mr. Hansen, have you gone insane? I have a boyfriend! If you didn’t worry about being talked about,
I’m still afraid!”
She attended the team-building event as Lucas’s girlfriend. If people saw her fooling around with
Byron, how would they view her? And what kind of rumors would circulate about Lucas behind his back?
Seeing her so rational and composed, Byron had a sense of losing control.
He controlled her hand forcefully that was pushing him away and once again brought his thin lips close to her ear.
Whispering in a hoarse and alluring voice, he said,
“What if I said I regretted it?”
Cora was somewhat surprised by the remorse expressed by Byron.
“So, is that why you followed us to attend the team building?”
Byron disliked her using the word
“us”
to describe her relationship with Lucas. Instead of answering, he bit her ear with some force.
He exerted too much force, causing Cora to cry out in pain. He quickly changed his actions to a gentle kiss as if trying to soothe her.
He believed that his pursuit tactics should be enough to win her back.
And he felt Cora might still be angry, but she would probably return to him.
However, to his surprise, Cora pushed him away again, and this time with even more force than before.
Caught off guard, he was pushed several feet away.
“Are you childish? We have all moved on. To whom do you express your regrets?”
If Byron had said these words to her before she started with Lucas, she might have changed her mind.
When she mustered up the courage to start with Lucas, she had prepared herself to cut ties with Byron.
“For you to hear.”
Byron smirked and wanted to lean in to kiss her again, thinking that since reason did not allow her to turn back, he would leave his mark on her first.
It was said that women could not accept other men shortly after being intimate with one.
In this way, Lucas would be daydreaming if he expected anything from her.
But Cora resisted fiercely and fought back.
She even bit his lip fiercely while he was kissing her.
Due to the pain, he had to let go of her.
And she didn’t stop there, giving him a slap.
Cora didn’t expect herself to be impulsive enough to hit Byron.
Seeing his extremely dark face, she felt a bit panicked, but she still felt it necessary to make things clear.
“I don’t want to be with you anymore. Please respect me!”
She was a practical person. She would only pursue a relationship when she couldn’t live without someone. Once she became sober and calm, she realized that it was better to let go of a relationship with no future.
But Byron seemed to misunderstand something.
“Are you rejecting my closeness because of Lucas?”
He questioned her, and the coldness in his eyes almost turned into blades, intending to take both her and Lucas’s lives.
But Cora met Byron’s cold and stern gaze, showing no fear at all.
“It has nothing to do with him. I just don’t want to struggle in a relationship without a future.”
As soon as her words were spoken, Byron sneered and said,
“You haven’t even tried. How can you know there is no future? In the end, you’re just afraid that I’ll make a move on him.”
Cora was worried that if she admitted that, Byron might lay hands on Lucas, and she didn’t want Lucas to be wrongly implicated.
But more than that, she didn’t want to be suddenly pushed away and fall into self-doubt and self-denial when she was deeply infatuated, just like before.
Furthermore, Byron shifted all the blame onto her…
Cora finally gave up holding back.
“Yes, he is my boyfriend. Isn’t it natural for me not to want him to get hurt?”
But this affirmation only fueled the fire in Byron’s heart. He suddenly grabbed her chin, forcing her to meet his eyes.
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