Nicole rubbed her fingers lightly as she thought about John’s words. She couldn’t help but feel that Evan had crossed a line this time—his actions had utterly humiliated her.

She looked up at Evan without a trace of fear on her face. “Mr. Seet, the Lane Corporation might be in dire straits right now, but I won’t sell my body because of that!”

“I haven’t played any of the emotional games you’ve accused me of playing. As for throwing myself at you, you can dream on!”

“…”

Evan froze. So much for John’s reminder—Nicole had completely misunderstood his words.

However, Evan took an issue with her denial of throwing herself at him…

Looking up at Nicole, he smiled blithely and said suddenly, “When you’re drunk, you do throw yourself at me, though.”

Nicole frowned, her cheeks flushing red with embarrassment.

“Evan Seet,” she snapped, “why exactly have you invited me here today?”

Seeing her furious expression, Evan coughed slightly.

“I called you here to talk about our company’s partnership. Let’s get serious!”

Nicole looked at him suspiciously. There was something off about Evan’s behavior today.

their partnership to make a move on

After all, Nicole had gotten drunk yesterday night, and it would have been a wonderful opportunity for Evan to

to keep her guard up around this man. Heaving

requests, Evan agreed to them without even

became more outrageous and Evan continued to approve them,

in a business deal that would cost him a loss. Why was he suddenly opening his wallet so generously in order to save a small, struggling company like

suspected that he had an

contract. Seeing Evan lifted up the pen and signed his name

piece of paper was the Lane Corporation’s way

sincerely before placing that piece of paper into her

said, “Mr. Seet, I need to ask you for another favor.

rejected her request, claiming that the recipe was his secret and

forlornly.

was going to

walked out of the president’s office, feeling both overjoyed

lips curved into a

woman! I’ll see you at

Nicole picked Nina

in the house, she started whining about how she wanted to have Evan’s spaghetti for

felt a

refused to tell her the recipe. How was she

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