Filed To Story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
When Cora chased after him, Byron was already nearing the end of the corridor.
It was said that on each floor of the Royal Club was a large room at the end of the corridor, capable of accommodating dozens of people for entertainment.
However, the top??ier big shots usually preferred to reserve rooms on the Royal Club’s higher floors for better ambiance and service.
Since most of them, including the alumni present, were doctors, they found it inconvenient to go to the upper floors, as they feared being criticized.
Yet, many of them secretly longed to experience the higher floors, and during the gathering earlier, they subtly dropped hints about it.
It was these details that suddenly dawned on Cora. Byron had come to the fourth floor for her sake.
Otherwise, given his status as one of the prominent figures in New York, it made no sense for him to stay on such ordinary floors.?
The more she thought about it, the faster Cora’s steps became.
Just as Byron was about to open the door to the end of the corridor and walk in, Cora practically dashed forward.
“Wait!”
In the nick of time, she caught hold of the man’s sleeve.
“Is there something else?”
Byron’s voice was icy.
His gaze was even colder, devoid of warmth, as if they were total strangers.
“Can we please talk?”
Cora wanted to explain her previous arrangement with Jerry and the situation with drinking the toast with Tyler tonight.
However, Byron coldly brushed her hand off his sleeve and retorted,
“I don’t think there’s anything left for us to discuss.”
Cora’s hand hung awkwardly on air as she grew anxious and asked,
“Byron, you don’t want to make up with me?”
However, just as Byron was about to enter the room, the door swung open from the inside.
Inside stood Elena in an elegant dark green dress, her long hair cascading down her shoulders as she smiled and said,
“Byron…
“A subtle furrow appeared on Byron’s brow as he saw her.
Cora interjected before he could utter,
“I already know your answer.”
When Byron turned around, he observed Cora nodding politely to Elena before turning away and leaving.
She didn’t even glance at him again throughout the encounter.
At that instant, Byron realized that Cora must have misunderstood the situation.
He momentarily thought about rushing after her, but Elena held onto his arm.
“Byron, are you upset? But I already informed you before returning to the country that my brother had heart problems and needed surgery…”
Elena urgently explained because she had promised Byron that she would settle abroad.
However, she had to return this time due to her brother’s health problems.
Moreover, Elena had sent a WhatsApp message to explain the reason to Byron, but Byron hadn’t replied. She wasn’t sure if he had even seen the text. That’s why, right after she landed, she rushed over to find Byron, wanting to clear things up with him.
“I just got off the plane and asked Daisy. She said you were here, so I came.”
Little did she know he was not there when she arrived at the private room.
Elena explained briefly, and Byron nodded, saying,
“Okay, I got it.”
Elena wanted to say more, considering that she had come all this way and was seeing him again.However, Byron was not in a good mood. When he saw her still standing at the private room door, he asked coldly,
“Aren’t you leaving?”
In that fleeting moment, Elena’s hopes and the joy of reunion were shattered into pieces before saying,
“I’m leaving.”
Elena thought that even if she couldn’t become Byron’s lover, she could maintain a friendship.
But now, it seemed like she had overestimated everything…
After Elena left, Byron returned to the spacious private room that could easily hold dozens of people.
Around fifteen minutes later, Carter finally opened the private room door and entered.
Byron remained silent, downing glasses of expensive liquor like plain water. Carter couldn’t help raising an eyebrow and asking,
“Weren’t you just went over to deliver drinks to Miss Lane? Why are you sitting here alone?”
Half an hour ago, Carter drank with him in the private room.
Carter could tell he was still waiting for Cora, but his patience was running thin, so he resorted to provoking him, saying,
“Why are you dragging me here to drink alone? If you dare, find the person who made you upset. Come on, man. You’re not even remarried yet and already scared of your wife.”
Byron retorted,
“What makes you think I’m scared of her? I am not scared of her! I respect her!”
Afterward, Byron sought out the manager of the Royal Club and ordered a fine bottle of wine to be sent to the room where Cora was as a gesture of respect towards her.
As Carter could tell, sending wine as a sign of respect was merely a cover. Byron was only finding a way to justify being the first to back down.
But he decided not to point that out.
He guessed that with Byron sending the wine, he and Cora would likely be on good terms again.
Wanting to spare himself from witnessing any potentially dramatic scenes once they reconciled, Carter used the excuse of stepping out to smoke.
He had initially thought that upon returning to the private room, he might stumble upon some explicit scenes, but instead, all he saw was Byron still sitting there, quietly drinking alone.
The gesture of sending the wine and showing respect hadn’t gone as smoothly as he had anticipated.
“She’s showing respect to someone else…”
Byron muttered under his breath, then tilted his head back and downed a glass of strong liquor.
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
Carter asked.
However, Byron didn’t answer Carter’s probing question. He poured another glass of alcohol for himself and drank it in silence.
Byron had initially hoped that sending the wine could provide a chance to mend things with Cora.
Instead, he walked in on her sharing a cross??upped toast with Tyler…
He knew such toasting was likely a game in this context, but he couldn’t suppress his mounting irritation.
Byron muttered angrily to himself,
“A cross??upped toast!
Hmph…
She has never shared a toast with me but does it with other men?”
Driven almost mad by jealousy, he knew that Cora might have misunderstood when she saw Elena earlier, but Byron stubbornly refused to go after her to explain.
He reflected,
“Why is it always me who has to back down? Why should I be the one to appease her, especially after she drank a cross??upped toast with Tyler?”
Frustration gnawed at him, prompting him to consume one strong liquor after another tonight.
Carter observed him drinking the alcohol as if it were plain water, and he shook his head in resignation.
Cora returned to the private room and poured herself a glass of alcohol.
Sally noticed that Cora finished one glass and was about to pour another, so she quickly intervened, saying,
“Cora, this alcohol is quite strong. Would you like something else?”
Cora responded,
“No, it’s fine. I feel like drinking tonight.”
Ignoring Sally’s advice, Cora poured herself another glass of alcohol.
Sally glanced at Cora’s slightly intoxicated face, her eyes glistening with tears. Suddenly, she realized something.
She asked,
“Did Byron get the wrong idea about you and Tyler? You know, I could go and clear things up with him. If I hadn’t joked around, you wouldn’t drink that cross??upped toast with Tyler.”
Cora shook her head.
“No need. It’s unnecessary,”
she said, downing another large sip.
“If it weren’t necessary, you wouldn’t have gone after him just now. Which room is he in? I’ll go explain it all to him.”
Sally was known for her boldness.
Since she had caused the situation, she wasn’t about to ignore it.
Seeing her about to leave the room, Cora hurriedly held her back.
“Sally, don’t go. I went after him earlier because of another misunderstanding…”
“What did you misunderstand?”
Sally questioned.
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