Free Web NovelChapter 50: Chapter 50: Suddenly Lifting Her Head
The latter raised her glass, stood up, and proposed a toast to Zane Lennox. "President Lennox, I let you see the person you wanted to see. Surely you can do me this one small favor!"
Everyone at the table was busy toasting one another, so no one would notice them.
Besides, Nicole Kane wasn’t speaking loudly; she was deliberately saying it just for Zane Lennox to hear.
Georgia Thorne, sitting between the two of them, naturally heard it as well.
’My head’s spinning. What’s going on?’
’He saw who he wanted to see? Why do I get the feeling Nicole’s words are about me?’
Upon hearing this, Zane Lennox did indeed release Georgia Thorne’s hand. He picked up his full glass and downed it in one go.
Similarly, Nicole Kane did the same.
She drained her glass of baijiu as well.
Zane Lennox praised her with a smile. "Manager Kane, you truly are a force to be reckoned with. It’s Georgia Thorne’s honor to have a boss like you."
She had drunk a bit too fast, and a drop of liquor clung to the corner of her mouth.
Nicole Kane paid it no mind, elegantly dabbing her lips with a tissue. She replied calmly, "You flatter me, President Lennox. It’s my honor to have a subordinate like Georgia Thorne!"
Now, Georgia Thorne couldn’t even pretend she didn’t understand what they were talking about.
’Nicole must have made some kind of deal when she contacted Zane Lennox behind my back.’
’Otherwise, why would Nicole, who never pressures anyone, insist I come along when she knew full well I didn’t want to see Zane?’
She abruptly stood up from her chair. "Excuse me, I need to use the restroom!"
The moment Georgia Thorne stood and turned, Zane Lennox shot out a hand to grab her wrist.
But he was a step too late and missed. freewebnøvel.coɱ
Nicole Kane also rose, giving Zane Lennox a polite smile. "Pardon me, I’m also going to the restroom."
「Inside the dimly lit restroom...」
Georgia Thorne had drunk quite a bit tonight. Her head was spinning, and she only felt better after splashing her face with some cool water.
The sound of high heels approached her, and in her peripheral vision, she saw Nicole Kane standing beside her in the mirror.
"Are you angry?" Nicole Kane asked nonchalantly, her gaze lowered as she began washing her hands.
If they weren’t the only two people there, Georgia Thorne would have thought Nicole was talking to someone else.
"No!" Georgia Thorne shook her head, covering her cheeks with her hands.
Nicole Kane finished washing her hands and dried them with a paper towel.
Then, she pulled a pack of cigarettes from her purse, took one out, and lit it with practiced ease.
Georgia Thorne was a little surprised. This was the first time she had ever seen a woman smoke.
Nicole Kane was smoking a type of women’s cigarette—long, thin, and white. Paired with her slender fingers and crimson nails, it looked particularly striking.
"What, never seen a woman smoke before?"
Nicole Kane exhaled a puff of white smoke, and Georgia Thorne nodded instinctively.
She really hadn’t.
She even found that Nicole, smoking like this, was more alluring and captivating than her usual prim and proper self.
"There’s nothing to be angry about. Before we came, I told you I would make good use of any valuable connections. I don’t care what you think about what happened tonight!"
The cigarette in her hand, after only a single drag, was tossed into the trash can.
After flicking away the cigarette, Nicole Kane grabbed her bag and walked out on her high heels. freewёbnoνel.com
Georgia Thorne sighed. She had always thought of Nicole Kane as a good boss, one who had even helped her dispel rumors in the past.
After calming down for a moment, the blush on her cheeks gradually faded.
’This feels awful. I really don’t want to see Zane Lennox.’
Another female guest came in from outside. Georgia Thorne glanced over and headed for the exit.
Just as she was wondering how to make an excuse to leave, she rounded a corner and a dark figure blocked her path.
She was about to apologize instinctively, but the scent on this man was unusually familiar, as if...
She abruptly looked up, her gaze meeting a pair of deep, dark eyes...
It was Elliot Sheridan!
Meeting the man’s eyes, Georgia Thorne’s body trembled violently.
Her first instinct was to run, but her legs felt weak, refusing to obey her brain’s commands.
A flash of coldness crossed those dark eyes, and Georgia Thorne immediately lowered her head, stammering in a flustered, low voice, "S-Sorry!"
’Just pretend I bumped into a stranger, say sorry, and leave. That’s all I have to do,’ she told herself.
But why was her heart hammering faster and faster? Every nerve in her body felt stretched taut with an unbearable tension.
She had barely taken two steps when her arm was seized in a harsh grip.
Her trembling intensified. His scorching palm wrapped around her wrist, burning her as if to leave a permanent mark.
A forceful tug sent her stumbling into Elliot Sheridan’s chest.
Her slender shoulders trembled even more violently.
"Um... I-I already said I was sorry!" Her voice was small, like a thief caught in the act.
Elliot Sheridan’s gaze was too aggressive, too dominant.
Once you were caught in his sights, there was no escape.
"Sorry? Georgia Thorne, are you treating me like a stranger now?" Elliot Sheridan narrowed his eyes, looking unhappily at the small woman who kept her head down.
’She doesn’t even dare to look up? Is she that afraid to see me?’
Georgia Thorne subconsciously shook her head, then nodded.
’Isn’t this what we agreed to when we said we’d part on good terms?’
’It’s best to be strangers, to live our own separate lives from now on.’
"I apologize, Mr. Sheridan. I bumped into you by accident. I’m sorry!"
She instantly raised her head, meeting the man’s icy eyes. His gaze was utterly cold.
Before she could say anything else, the man was already closing in on her, step by step.
She backed away unconsciously, having no idea what this man intended to do!
Elliot Sheridan cornered her, forcing her back step by step.
Georgia Thorne’s wide, terrified eyes welled up with tears. Under the yellow lights, they shimmered, making her look pitiful and vulnerable.
"Elliot Sheridan, w-what do you want!" Fear made her words stammer and slur.
Her back was already against the wall. With nowhere left to retreat, she could only hold her hands out toward the man.
"Georgia, you just slept with me a few days ago. Are you trying to abandon me already?" Elliot Sheridan’s lips curled into a smirk as he watched her.
Georgia Thorne knew he would bring up that night. She had at least expected him to be angry, but she never thought he would actually laugh.
And to laugh with such masculine charm!
Before she could react, the man before her bent down, tilted her chin up with one hand, and captured her lips in a forceful kiss.
’My heart is hammering just like it always does. I never expected him to kiss me, not in such a public place. What if someone walks by!’
Georgia Thorne lifted her tear-filled eyes to look at the man.
’If I speak, I’ll have to explain what happened that night.’
’As for whether or not I missed him, how am I supposed to answer that?’
’When we were together, even if I said I didn’t, he would punish me cruelly until I said I did.’
’But our relationship isn’t the same anymore, so how could I possibly say that word now?’
But the look in his eyes was so sinister, it was as if he would punish her cruelly if she dared to say ’no’.
It was like the cut on her lip from where he’d bitten her—small, but it stung, and she could taste blood.
"So?"
"Elliot Sheridan, didn’t we already agree? To part on good terms, and if we meet again..." Georgia Thorne couldn’t finish the sentence.
She slowly lowered her eyelids. It seemed he and Amanda Thorne were on good terms now. In the future, she’d probably have to call him her brother-in-law.
"So, now that you’ve slept with me, you’re trying to shirk responsibility, just like you did when you ran away that morning!" Elliot Sheridan grunted, stating it as a fact.
