The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan)

Chapter 124

After some thought, Cordelia decided to accept the box of chocolates.

"I've already picked out what I want from the menu. Anything else you want to add?" Cordelia marked

her choices on the menu.

"Nah, just go ahead and order."

Cordelia paused for a moment before laying it all out for Jamie. She was worried that Manda might sue

her and hoped Jamie would return the bag to Manda and sort this out ASAP. If she were to give the

bag to Adrian or Manda herself, she feared she might be in deep water.

"This thing? Adrian's already filled me in. He knew he couldn't get it from you, so he asked me to do it.

Also, Manda, she asked me today if I knew any lawyers, and then she wanted me to..."

Cordelia was on edge immediately, "Is she planning to sue?" Just as she thought, Manda was freaking

out.

Jamie chuckled, "Yeah. But I've already cooled her down. It's no biggie. I can just get her a new bag."

Cordelia finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Thanks, Mr. Jamie. When my brother gave me this bag, I

knew if I didn't accept it, he'd find other ways to mess with me. So I just took it."

"Why does your brother always treat you like this?" Jamie asked Cordelia, still vividly recalling the last

incident where Adrian drugged Cordelia.

Cordelia looked sad, "I don't know, he's been jealous of me since we were kids. Maybe because our

parents doted on me too much. I'm the youngest in the family, and my folks had me when they were

nearly forty. My brother was always a wild child, often ganging up with other kids to pick on me."

Jamie frowned, "Adrian really is too much. I'll have a word with him."

"No, please don't. He'll know I told you." Cordelia said somewhat anxiously, and she pushed the bag

towards Jamie, "This is Manda's bag, can you return it for her?"

"Sure, I'll make up a good excuse."

Cordelia smiled, "Thanks, Mr. Colby."

"Stop calling me Mr. Colby, I'm not your teacher anymore."

This time, Cordelia was very grateful to Jamie. This problem, nobody else could solve it but Jamie.

Even though both Adrian and Manda went to Jamie, in the end, he still helped Cordelia.

Jamie took the bag from Cordelia, She took the chocolates Jamie gave her, and then, she hopped on

the bus back to Pearl Palms.

When she got home, Ronan was reading on the couch. "What's that you're holding?" Ronan casually

inquired about the chocolates.

"It's a box of chocolates. My roommate Brooklyn gave it to me." Cordelia figured that if she mentioned

Jamie, it might stir up misunderstanding. Ronan would get mad and send her back to her room. So

better safe than sorry.

Cordelia put the chocolates in the fridge and headed upstairs to change.

Next to the trash can in her room, she saw a bin full of shredded paper. She wasn't bothered at first,

but then she spotted her name.

As she was changing, she glanced down at the shreds, fuming. It was the The CPA Success Blueprint

book Jamie gave her, definitely torn by Ronan. And Jamie, he just did her a big favor today.

Cordelia opened her suitcase, sure enough, the The CPA Success Blueprint book was gone. She

should have never told Ronan about the book.

Cordelia was too upset to speak when Ronan came upstairs.

"Mad, are ya?" Ronan looked at her, her blouse wasn't even buttoned right, and she was holding a

handful of shredded paper. The anger was hidden in Ronan's eyes, but his face was full of mockery.

"Why did you tear my book?" Cordelia asked him, "Don't you know how to show other people respect?"

She had never been this angry since moving into Pearl Palms.

"So Cordelia, who gave you that box of chocolates?" Ronan remembered he once gave Cordelia a box Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

of chocolates too, but never saw her this happy. Ronan was mad today.

Cordelia was so upset she could hardly breathe, "I'm talking about the book!"

"Isn't it the same thing?" Ronan raised his voice too.

Cordelia frowned, thinking: It was indeed the same thing, they were both from Jamie, but how did he

know? Was he stalking her?

"Why are you stalking me?" Cordelia asked him angrily.

"Stalking? You're overthinking it. Cordelia, I've told you, don't piss me off."

"Ronan, you jerk, tyrant, stalker, selfish..." Cordelia felt like she was being stripped bare. She was

prone to tears, and now she stood in the middle of her room, barefoot, tears streaming down her face

like rain, crying like a child.

"Cordelia, you brought this on yourself." Ronan was unbuckling his belt. He pushed Cordelia onto the

bed and started to unbutton her half-buttoned blouse.

Cordelia was seething and gave Ronan a hard slap. The sound echoed in the room, loud and clear.

The room fell into a brief, frightful silence.

Ronan was stunned by the slap, his movements became rougher, and his hand slipped under her

blouse. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He just transferred her from the Finance

Department to the Audit Department and gave her a raise, and she went on a secret date with this guy

named Jamie, who once made a fool of himself in front of him. And Cordelia, she seemed pretty

sympathetic toward him.

They were both studying accounting, which gave them common ground. And he was her teacher. In

addition, Cordelia once wanted to go to his firm.

Ronan was going ham, planting kisses all over Cordelia's face.

When all was done, Cordelia crashed hard.

Ronan got dressed, then headed downstairs.