Filed To Story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
Seeing Byron’s mischievous look, she pleaded without any dignity,
“I will marry you, alright? Will that satisfy you?”
But instead, she saw his wicked smile, leading to another round of desirous drowning under the guise of celebration…
The next day, after finishing her shift at the hospital, Byron went to pick her up to get styled.
When they were ready to go to the banquet venue, Cora wore a black halter-neck bodycon dress, and her shoulder-length hair was styled into lazy curls, casually cascading down.
Byron was also in a black tuxedo and a pair of shiny leather shoes.
Together, they looked like a perfect couple.
“What do you think we’re doing here? Kicking everyone’s ass?”
Cora realized only when she entered the banquet venue that the event was quite grand, gathering almost all the influential figures in New York.
The entire Hansen family was present, except for the hospitalized Osborn.
Even the Yoris family had spared no effort to attend.
Moreover, Cora noticed an exaggerated poster at the entrance of the banquet: [Warmly welcome the domestic CEO of Sunda Group.]
Cora didn’t know why the domestic CEO of Sunda Group was here, but she was certain that Byron had some intentions of bringing her here today.
“Be cool,”
Byron said, glancing mysteriously at Cora.
“Not kicking their asses? Then what is it? A group fight?”
She noticed that many rich young men were trying to get close to Jane, and she also saw Jane chatting happily with them, completely ignoring Byron’s presence. It confirmed her suspicions.
In the past, whenever Jane saw Byron, she would immediately come over to him and would never flirt with other men in his presence.
But now, she acted as if she didn’t see him and continued chatting with those young men.
Those young men seemed to be provoking Byron even more, engaging in lively conversations with
Jane after seeing Byron.
The Hansen family once wanted Jane to become Byron’s wife, yet now she was getting cozy with others…
“While I understand your inexplicable suffering after being cheated on, I suggest you keep calm,”
Cora consoled him.
But Byron suddenly pinched her waist.
“As long as you haven’t cheated on me, I won’t be suffering anything. And besides…”
Cora raised her head and saw Byron looking at her attentively.
“No need to intentionally cheer me up.
I’m not that fragile. And I do have a purpose of coming here today.”
Cora was taken aback, realizing that he was already aware…
However, she was still curious about what his actual purpose was.
Since they entered the banquet venue, she had heard people frequently mention that the event was to celebrate the signing ceremony between the Hansen Group and the Sunda Group.
But now, the Hansen family wasn’t under his control, so it wasn’t him representing the signing of the agreement.
Byron had inexplicably become an outsider, and it saddened her.
Indeed. Byron was clearly being ignored today.
Even though his every move still exuded an unmatched nobility, and his appearance still stood out in the crowd, those who used to come up and tried to get to know him were now nowhere to be seen.
Even those rich young men who were once friendly with him, like Harry, didn’t come up to greet him.
It seemed like everyone was afraid that continuing their friendship with Byron would offend the current people in charge of the Hansen family, making Cora realize for the first time that thriving in the world of fame and fortune required a strong heart.
Cora considered herself lacking such toughness, so she excused herself to go to the restroom to relieve her pressure.
Unexpectedly, she bumped into Sara and Jane, who were both touching up their makeup in the restroom.
“Oh, isn’t this the hero who performed surgery on Old Mr. Hansen?”
Sara jeered at Cora upon seeing her enter the restroom, not intending to let her off easily after making her daughter cry.
Cora planned to wash her hands and leave, but since Sara was mocking her and Byron, she decided to join in and took out a lipstick, casually applying it in front of the mirror.
“Well, at least I’m known as the lead surgeon, much better than those assistants whose names are rarely mentioned, right?”
Cora retorted, causing both Sara and Jane’s faces to darken instantly.
But Jane had always been patient and only glared at Cora in anger.
On the contrary, Sara seemed ferocious, and her voice became sharper.
“You tried so hard to sleep with Byron and were desperate to save his father’s life through surgery, all because you want to marry into the Hansen family, right? But who would have thought that in the end,
Byron lost control of the family and became the most useless one. How does it feel to lose everything after exhausting all your efforts?”
“The final victor is yet to be determined,”
Cora applied her dark red lipstick, which instantly made her seem domineering.
Thus, Sara and Jane couldn’t help but wonder if Cora knew something they didn’t.
“Do you know something?”
Jane finally couldn’t hold back and asked.
“Make a wild guess,”
Cora replied. She actually didn’t know anything, but she enjoyed keeping them guessing, leaving Sara and Jane extremely curious.
But just as Cora felt satisfied after perturbing Sara and Jane, someone dragged her into a dark corner as soon as she stepped out of the restroom…
In the dim corner, Cora was tightly embraced from behind, and a low, familiar male voice sounded in her ear.
“Cora, come back to me, okay?”
But instead of responding to his supposed affection, Cora struggled forcefully and slapped him in the face.
“Belated affection means nothing. I don’t need it!”
However, it was evident that this slap wasn’t enough to awaken someone who pretended to play dumb.
Eason asked stubbornly,
“But what can you gain by being with Byron? He can’t even be a part of the
Hansen family’s management now.”
“Yeah, even though he may have nothing, at least I won’t be alone whenever I encounter difficulties,”
Cora replied.
Even when they were separated, he would still help her out.
That was why Cora put down all her defenses and fell for him again.
“I admit that I didn’t treat you well enough before, which made you sad. But Cora, I don’t want to see you hurt again,”
Eason said, his heart burning with anger whenever he thought about Cora being held by Byron in front of everyone at the banquet just now.
“As long as you promise to come back to me, I can let go of any grudges against you. I’ll work hard to earn money to help rebuild the Lane family,”
Eason pleaded.
“You can let go those grudges? I can’t. I can earn money on my own, and I can rebuild the Lane family without you. Don’t make me sick!”
With that, she turned around, wanting to go back to Byron’s side as soon as possible.
Eason disgusted her so much that she needed Byron to wash away her nasty feelings.
Seeing Cora leave without mercy, Eason’s sense of bitterness reached its peak.
“You will regret it. Byron not only lost the management rights, but I heard from several uncles that they fear he will retaliate against the Hansen Group, so they are uniting to suppress him. Even if he starts a new venture, it will be very difficult. Accompanying him in this reckless gamble with your youth will only end in a devastating loss!”
In order to get a share of the pie, the Patton family had also joined the plan to suppress Byron’s new business venture, and that was how Eason knew about it.
He explicitly told Cora all of this, hoping she would be his woman again.
However, Cora paused and turned around with a smile.
“I won’t regret it. I’ve already committed to accompany him in this reckless gamble. If we win, I’ll stand by his side as we rule the world. If we lose,
I’ll accompany him in rising again!”
Cora smiled like a blooming summer flower, radiantly beautiful.
But Eason knew that her smile wasn’t for him. It was for the man she was willing to gamble everything with.
She loved Byron so determinedly and would never admit defeat no matter what. Such a fire-like relationship once belonged to Eason, but now it belonged to someone else.
Eason watched as Cora walk away resolutely, overcome with regret.
Unfortunately, in this world, there is no remedy for regret…
As Cora returned to the banquet venue, she realized that apart from those so-called friends who ignored Byron, there were also some acquaintances who liked to challenge his patience.
For instance, there was Wesley Ashton, a property developer who approached Byron after drinking a few glasses of wine.
“Byron, why are you here? Shouldn’t you be taking care of your father in the hospital?”
Cora had seen Wesley groveling before Byron several times during the period when she was close to
Byron.
Every time they had dinner, he practically knelt down to pour wine for Byron and spoke to him in a gentle voice. Even though he could almost be Byron’s father in terms of age, he still referred to him as
“Mr. Hansen”.
Even when Cora occasionally accompanied Byron to those dinner parties, Wesley didn’t dare to look at her, fearing that he would offend Byron.
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