Chapter 124


    After some thought, Cordelia decided to ept the box of choctes.


    "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 beforeying 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 anywyers, and then she wanted me to..."


    Cordelia was on edge immediately, "Is she nning 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 ept 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 thest


    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 choctes 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 choctes.


    "It''s a box of choctes. 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 choctes 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 nced down at the shreds, fuming. It was the The CPA Sess 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 Sess Blueprint book was gone. She


    should have never told Ronan about the book.


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    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 choctes?" Ronan remembered he once gave Cordelia a box


    of choctes 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 p. The sound echoed in the room, loud and clear.


    The room fell into a brief, frightful silence.


    Ronan was stunned by the p, 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 ounting, which gave themmon ground. And he was her teacher. In


    addition, Cordelia once wanted to go to his firm.


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


    When all was done, Cordelia crashed hard.


    Ronan got dressed, then headed downstairs.