Filed To Story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
But Carter, who was behind Byron, said in a cold voice,
“Miss Lane, forgive me. But you are using the guest elevator.”
Carter meant that Cora came out from the guest room section.
What else could grown-up men and women do in a guest room in a hotel?
Cora instantly understood Carter’s meaning.
But she wasn’t angry with Carter. Instead, she held Byron’s arms like a cunning witch.
“Who said coming to a hotel meant sleeping with someone?”
She was just trying to make Byron believe her and reconcile with her as soon as possible.
Yesterday, Byron made Cora sad by taking Elena’s side. But after Cora calmed down, she realized that she did hurt Byron in the past with what she did, and it would only be fair that Byron hurt her back to vent his resentment.
As long as it was not over the line, she would endure it silently until the day they reconciled.
Therefore, although she was questioned, Cora smiled brightly at Byron,
“Honey, do you believe me?”
But Byron only cast a cold glance at her neck.
There was a red mark there.
He used to like leaving hickeys on her body, but he learned not to do it to her neck because she had told him not to.
But now, there was a red mark on her neck. It hurt Byron’s eyes.
Byron’s gaze was piercing, and it made Cora’s face burn with shame as he stared at her intently.
Then, she realized what he was staring at, and she quickly covered the red mark on her skin.
“This was a mosquito bite.”
“We’re in a five-star hotel, and there are still mosquitoes?”
Byron looked at her with a mocking smile, but he was angry.
It was as if she had just lied through her teeth.
It was autumn, and they were indoors, so the air was cooling.
However, the atmosphere around him seemed to be heavy, causing the executives following him to shiver inexplicably.
Judging from their conversation just now, the executives immediately understood that they had just witnessed Byron being cheated on.
Aware that they had invaded Byron’s privacy, they worried that they would be facing the consequences.
Meanwhile, Cora sensed the occasional contemptuous glances from the executives, and she realized right away that they regarded her as an adulteress.
Byron seemed to be of the same mind.
She could only explain,
“I wasn’t bitten by the mosquito while at the hotel. It happened in a nearby park.”
Last night, Martin was bored, so she took him to the park nearby for a stroll.
She figured that was when she got bitten.
After listening to her explanation, Byron narrowed his eyes with a pointed gaze as he seemingly pondered the truthfulness of her words.
The executives remained silent, afraid of being implicated by Cora, who they thought had an affair.
However, luck didn’t seem to be on Cora’s side.
Just when Cora had finally explained everything, the elevator behind her suddenly let out a chime.
“Cora, you forgot your room keycard.”
The sound of footsteps was followed by Jerry’s melodious voice.
At that moment, Cora felt the people around her froze.
She was the same as the air around them seemed to have frozen too.
She couldn’t even remember how she turned around to face Jerry.
“Here! Take it.”
Initially, Jerry had not noticed the strange atmosphere. He had simply tucked the keycard into Cora’s hands.
During the day, there was no issue with them being in the same room.
However, he understood that they should keep their distance at night.
Yesterday, he booked two rooms, one for himself and the other for Cora.
If she had come back, Martin would sleep with her.
If she hadn’t returned, Martin would sleep with him.
However, when Cora left just now, she had forgotten to take the keycard, so he chased after her.
He wasn’t expecting to run into such an awkward situation.
“What’s wrong? What is…”
Only then Jerry noticed the crowd gathered in front of Cora.
He initially thought Cora had just been passing those people by, but now it seemed like they had been standing in her way all along.
Jerry couldn’t help but size up the group of people.
At first glance, he was shocked by the man at the forefront.
He immediately recognized the man as Cora’s supposedly late husband and Martin’s biological father.
Wasn’t he supposed to be dead?
He had seen the man’s photo in Cora’s room.
What on earth was going on? Did he somehow return from the dead?
As Jerry was sizing up Byron, Byron was also sizing him up.
Sparks flew the moment they locked eyes with each other.
“Um…”
Cora finally recovered herself enough to speak, wanting to explain herself.
However, Byron interrupted her carelessly,
“I suppose you were bitten by quite a huge mosquito.”
Jerry looked puzzled, and he didn’t know what to say.
“What kind of bizarre topic is this? Why couldn’t I understand any of it?”
He wondered.
The other executives had overheard the conversation between Byron and Cora earlier, so they all believed that instead of delivering a room keycard, Jerry had just unwittingly given Byron a huge slap in the face.
After Cora pondered for a while, she decided to take direct action to resolve the situation.
“Jerry, you should head back for now. I’ll get in touch with you later.”
With him present, it would be difficult for her to explain things to Byron.
Moreover, she was worried about Martin being alone in the room.
“Will everything be alright?”
Jerry checked out Byron, who was wearing a grim expression again.
The situation didn’t seem like a reunion between a couple but a chance meeting with a nemesis.
He was concerned that Cora might get into trouble.
“It’ll be all right.”
Trying to usher Jerry back to the room to check on Martin, Cora nudged him gently.
The nudge prompted Jerry into action.
“Call me if you need anything.”
Oddly enough, the light nudge seemed to have made them appear more intimate.
The icy look on Byron’s face persisted even after Jerry’s departure.
“Can we talk privately?”
Cora attempted to hug Byron’s arm after Jerry left them.
To her surprise, Byron moved away from her before she could touch him.
“Miss Lane, please show some restraint.”
His words were even harsher, intent on keeping her at arm’s length.
After saying that, he strode off in the direction of the elevator.
Cora wasn’t about to give up that easily and tried to follow him.
However, Carter stopped her advance by standing before her.
“We still have other business to attend to, so we won’t keep you away any longer from your lover.”
After Byron and the other executives were inside the elevator, Carter swiftly joined them and pressed the button to close the doors.
With that, Cora watched helplessly as Byron stood at the back of the elevator, his expression one of indifference as the enclosed space of the elevator set them worlds apart…
“What the heck?”
Cora was frustrated, pressing the elevator button repeatedly, wanting to catch up with them.
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