Filed To Story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
“Cora, Mrs. Flora Lane is not in a stable mental condition. It would be better to wait until she recovers and seeks psychiatric treatment before talking to her.”
After examining Flora, Matt advised Cora with great concern.
In fact, those in the Department of Medicine who were familiar with Cora knew that her relationship with her mother was strained. During their school days, it was common to see Flora causing scenes at the school, urging Cora not to pursue a career in medicine. As time passed, Flora reluctantly accepted
Cora’s choice but began to meddle in her elective courses.
These teachers and mentors had been witnessing Cora’s struggles along the way and understood the difficulties she faced.
“I understand, Matt.”
Cora leaned against the wall and closed her eyes wearily.
Even though she wanted to delve into the meaning behind Flora’s expression just now, she didn’t have the mood for it at the moment.
“Forget it,”
Cora thought to herself,
“I’ll sort things out once she recovers.”
Maybe because they all knew that Cora was feeling down, Sally, Tyler, and Matt sent her messages when they finished work, asking if she wanted to have dinner together.
This warmed Cora’s fading heart, so she invited them all to dinner together.
Byron sent her a message, saying: [I’m going to attend a jewelry exhibition, so I’ll come later.]
Cora sensed that attending jewelry exhibitions wasn’t quite Byron’s thing, so she inquired: [Who are you going with? Your fianc?e?]
[Yes, are you jealous?] Byron’s reply came quickly.
Besides the heartache of her heart being torn apart, Cora also felt a pang of anxiety as if her inner thoughts had been uncovered.
So she quickly replied: [Why would I be jealous? She’s the one who would be your wife.]
However, Byron didn’t seem to believe it and called her directly.
“Are you really not angry?”
As soon as the call connected, Byron’s deep and magnetic voice sounded. Somehow, Cora suddenly felt the urge to cry.
“Of course! Apart from a physical relationship, we have no other connection. Why would I get angry?”
Cora tried to control her tone, not letting the person on the other end of the line sense anything unusual.
“Is a purely physical relationship all you think we have?”
Byron’s voice turned colder, clearly indicating his dissatisfaction with her description.
“You rarely get to spend time with your fianc?e, so just accompany her. I also have a gathering tonight, so I probably won’t be going back early.”
“A gathering? With whom?”
Byron sounded a little unhappy.
This woman was like a kite, still in his hands for now, but a gust of wind could easily break the string.
“With Tyler and others.”
Cora didn’t want to look like a pitiful woman waiting for someone’s notice. She added,
“I’m going to have some fun first. We can talk later.”
Then, Cora quickly hung up the phone.
At that moment, Tyler, Sally, and the others arrived at the restaurant Cora had booked, and Cora stood up to welcome them.
On the other side, at the West Coast International Exhibition Center.
Byron was left hanging on the phone, his face darkened.
“Sorry for keeping you waiting, Byron.”
Jane wore a black V-neck slim long dress matched with white fox fur, looking charming, noble, and elegant in the cold wind.
Byron nodded slightly and accompanied Jane into the exhibition center.
As soon as Byron entered the exhibition, countless reporters rushed to take pictures.
There were also many paparazzi from financial publications constantly asking,
“Mr. Hansen, is your wedding with Miss Yoris getting closer?”
Naturally, Byron didn’t bother to answer, but Jane kept smiling and waving at them.
Thus, the freshly released electronic evening news got headlines like,
“Congratulations to Mr. Hansen and Miss Yoris for appearing at the West Coast International Jewelry Exhibition, selecting jewelry for the wedding,”
and
“Accompanied by Mr. Hansen, Miss Yoris appeared at the jewelry exhibition, confirming the approaching wedding.”
Cora, Tyler, and the others were enjoying their food and chatting.
After accidentally seeing the news, Cora called out to the waiter,
“Bring us some beers here.”
“Cora, are you going to drink beer? Don’t you have to work tomorrow?”
Tyler was more disciplined and didn’t want Cora to get drunk.
“Well, if I don’t drink tonight, I probably won’t be able to sleep,”
Cora replied.
When the waiter brought the beer, Cora immediately opened a bottle for herself.
Unexpectedly, Tyler also opened a bottle of beer.
“Tyler, don’t you have work tomorrow too?”
“I haven’t used up my annual leave yet, so it’s not a problem.”
Tyler smiled at Cora and said,
“If you want to drink, I’ll accompany you.”
“Then I’ll drink too! No one would return sober tonight!”
Sally wanted to accompany Cora, so she also opened a bottle of beer.
“Come on. Let’s have some fun!”
Matt joined in as well.
Cora smiled. She guessed that they probably thought she wanted to drink because she was upset about her mother’s issue, so they accompanied her in drinking.
But in fact, apart from her mother’s matter, it was mostly because of the news notification about Byron and Jane’s imminent wedding.
This meant that her relationship with Byron was coming to an end.
Thinking about the intimacy and indulgence between them during this period of time and the two times she was in danger when Byron unexpectedly came to her rescue, it felt as if her heart had been torn apart.
But Cora couldn’t cry, nor could she let anyone notice that something was wrong with her emotions. All she could do was tilt her head back and keep drinking bottle after bottle of beer, hoping to drown the bitterness in her heart with alcohol.
Drinking like a fish, Cora quickly got drunk.
Although the two guys also drank a lot and couldn’t drive anymore, they were still sober.
So Tyler took on the task of escorting Cora home while Matt escorted Sally.
When Tyler helped Cora out of the taxi, she was still swaying.
“Cora, don’t move.”
Tyler tried to stabilize Cora by holding onto her.
Cora, however, couldn’t stand properly.
“I’m not moving. You’ve been moving the whole time.”
Looking at Cora’s intoxicated and beautiful appearance, Tyler found it irresistible. In the end, he couldn’t help but put his arm around her waist.
This was the first time Tyler had been so close to the girl he admired, close enough to smell the sweet fragrance of her, close enough that he could almost plant a kiss on her cheek.
This feeling made his heart almost jump out of his throat, but Tyler had to restrain his restless heart and patiently comfort Cora.
“Okay, it’s all my fault for moving. Can you tell me which floor you live on?”
Tyler hadn’t been upstairs when he sent Cora home before, so he didn’t know which floor she lived on.
But at that time, Tyler couldn’t get any answers from Cora. However, he suddenly sounded a cold and stern voice saying,
“I know which floor she lives on.”
Tyler looked up in astonishment and saw Byron standing in front of them.
“Byron?”
Maybe due to Byron’s towering height, Tyler felt a sense of intimidation when looking at him, as if he could sense the overwhelming power exuding from Byron.
After a while, he seemed to regain his voice and said,
“How did you know which floor Cora lives on?”
Although Tyler had speculated before that there might be some kind of connection between the two of them during their time at the hot spring resort, he hadn’t thought much about it.
It was because Tyler felt that Cora was Eason’s former fianc?e, and no matter how absurd Byron was, he couldn’t be involved with her.
But now, in the middle of the night, Byron appeared outside Cora’s apartment building, his face dark as he scrutinized them. This forced Tyler to confront his previous speculation.
“You should ask her that question, not me.”
Byron’s voice was colder than a blizzard.
What surprised Tyler even more was that Byron actually pulled Cora into his arms.
Although Byron knew his action would reignite a certain suspicion in Tyler’s heart, he still tried to bring
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