Chapter 81
Chapter 81
Cassandra felt numb, long ustomed to the fact that the man she loved was in love with someone
else. She had known that for a fact since long ago, but for some inexplicable reason, her numb heart
still ached faintly.
Not receiving a response from her, Michael asked with concern, “Cassie, why must you do this to
yourself? What does Ondo mean by doing that?”
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Cassandra lifted her gaze to look at Michael before handing him the phone. “Let’s focus on work for
now. I have been off for so many days, dying a lot of progress. I’m going to the site with Ameliater.
You keep an eye on things here.”
She steered the conversation away, neither responding to Michael’s question nor showing any intention
to continue.
Michael frowned, clearly upset. “Cassie, did you even hear what I said?”
“Michael, I know you care about me, but we’re in the office now. Let’s not talk about other things,
okay?” She smiled as if telling Michael that she was fine.
In fact, she no longer felt suffocated as she used to, considering she knew he didn’t love her before
they got married. Everything that happened afterward gradually made her subconsciously adapt to it.
She was confident she would put that behind her.
Michael stopped saying anything. Even though he was worried, he didn’t want Cassandra to feel
repulsed.
Cassandra immersed herself in work. She organized the design drawings and headed to the site with
Amelia.
The atmosphere was tense in the CEO’s office on the top floor of Quinn Group. Ondo’s expression
was extremely grim, and his eyes were filled with chill.
At that moment, Taylor knocked on the door and entered. “Mr. Quinn, it’s been rified. Those social
media ounts that have been spreading rumors alle from a smallpany registeredst year. I
have handed it over to thewyers. Also, Ms. Spencer’s manager called. She wanted to exin the
situation to you.”
“No need to respond. Remove the trending topics. Notify everyone that anything rted to me should
not be on the trending topics in the future,” Ondo said.
“Okay, I understand.” Taylor nodded and nced at Ondo from the corner of his eye, noticing how
gloomy he looked.
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Taylor was about to leave when he heard Ondo’s low voice asking, “What about her? Any news?”
Taylor thought, ‘Her?‘
Taylor was d that he knew Ondo well, grasping his meaning immediately. Hence, he instantly
responded, “Mrs. Quinn and her assistant had left for the construction site…”
“She didn’t call you or take any action?” Ondo asked.
“No,” Taylor responded softly.
Ondo’s frown deepened, his face bing even darker. He waved his hand, dismissing Taylor.
Standing by the floor–to–ceiling window, he looked down at the city before him, feeling an inexplicable
sensation brush past his heart, leaving an indelible trace.
He picked up his phone and dialed a series of numbers. After several rings, the call connected.
“It’s me,” he said.
“Yes, I know. What’s the matter?” asked Cassandra.
Ondo frowned and hesitated for half a second before saying in a low voice, “I’m not dating Reba.
The trending topic is fabricated.”
“Okay.” Cassandra’s reply was indifferent.
His frown intensified. “Cassandra, don’t you have anything to say to me?”
“No. After all, what happened between you and Reba has nothing to do with us, right?” Reba
answered.
She seeded in returning his words to him verbatim.
He pursed his thin lips and asked, “Are you angry?”
“No,” Cassandra uttered.
“Cassandra, I did lie to youst night. I didn’t mean anything else. I just didn’t want you to
misunderstand me. Reba had dinner with a sponsor, but the sponsor was impolite, and her
manager couldn’t handle it. Hence, she called me, hoping that I could help. I didn’t do anything
inappropriate with her,” he rified.
“Okay, I understand.” Cassandra’s response remained impassive.
Her response agitated Ondo. “Cassandra, what’s with you? Are you okay with everything I do as
long as we divorce in the end?”
Cassandra seemed at a loss for what to say. “Ondo, what do you want me to do? Do you want me to
throw a temper
tantrum and demand a reasonable exnation from you? If I did that, you’d tell me to be obedient. Now
that I’m obedient enough, you still find fault with my attitude. So, what do you want me to do?”
Ondo sneered, “You’ve found so many reasons just to tell me that you simply don’t care, right? Do
you not care even if I had a rtionship with Reba?”
Ondo seemed mad and didn’t wait for Cassandra’s response before adding coldly, “Cassandra, you
are truly something. Looks like I didn’t have to exin anything to you.”
With that, he abruptly ended the call.
Cassandra sighed, looking at her phone.
She didn’t understand why Ondo called to tell her all that.
‘I’ve done everything he wanted me to. Why is he still dissatisfied? Is he unhappy at whatever I do
because he doesn’t love me?” she wondered.
Letting out a sigh, she felt lost and uneasy.
However, Cassandra didn’t have time to think about it. Amelia trotted over and said, “Ms. Jackson, Mr.
Wright requested to see you.”
She followed Amelia to meet Zachary, focusingpletely on work after that.
Reba received the news immediately after the trending topic was removed.
However, for Reba, that was not bad news at all. Sophia’s phone had been ringing off the hook
since early morning.
Manypanies that were previously hesitant to coborate with her reached out to her with
endorsement and
sponsorship opportunities. Within just a couple of hours, she signed several contracts.
In addition, with her new song about to be released, manypanies sought to coborate
endorsements with her. That undoubtedly turned the tide for Reba, pping the faces of those who
enjoyed seeing her downfall.
However, despite the good news, Sophia asked worriedly, “Will Mr. Quinn directly make a statement
rifying that he is not in a rtionship with you?”
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That might impact her endorsement opportunities.
“I don’t know,” Reba responded casually. Ondo removing the trending topics was a way of
indirectly telling everyone that they were not dating, but he didn’t rify that there was no rtionship
between them. She continued, “Book a meal for me at Silver Tide Restaurant. I n to go to Quinn
Groupter to deliver lunch to Landy.”
“What if someone caught you doing that?” asked Sophia.
“I’m just delivering lunch. What can I do if others want to take pictures of me?” Reba said.
Sophia didn’t say anything more and proceeded to make arrangements ording to Reba’s
instructions.
At half–past eleven, Reba arrived punctually at Quinn Group. The receptionist recognized her and
allowed her ess right away considering her arrival at such a time.
She took the elevator to the floor where Ondo’s office was located. When she came out, Taylor saw
her at a nce and hurriedly walked forward. “Ms. Spencer, why are you here?”
“I’m here to deliver lunch to Landy. Is he done with work? Is he in the office?” Reba asked several
questions continuously.
Taylor hesitated for a moment and said, “Yes, but…”
“I’ll go to him myself then. You can continue with your work.” She then walked past Taylor toward the
office.
Reba knocked on the door, and from inside, a low voice said, “Come in.”
She pushed the door and entered to see Ondo sitting at the desk, working with his head lowered,
She put the food on the coffee table and walked to the desk. “Landy, take a break and have lurch.”
Hearing a woman’s voice, Ondo looked up.
He asked, “Reba? Why are you here?”
“Landy, I came to bring you lunch. I’m sorry for causing you troublest night. So, I wanted to apologize
for bringing you lunch. You won’t hold a grudge against me, will you?” She looked at Ondo with
anticipation.
However, Ondo didn’t answer. He merely stared at Reba calmly, his gaze indifferent, and said
faintly, “Reba, I may not have exposed what happenedst night, but that doesn’t mean I know
nothing about it. I don’t want this to happen again. Therefore, I want you to leave Quinn Group
immediately with what you brought. Do you understand?”