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.

he be making use of their partnership to make a move

would have been a wonderful opportunity

around this man. Heaving a sigh, she sat down

requests, Evan agreed to them without even pausing to consider

and Evan continued to

loss. Why was he suddenly opening his wallet so generously in order to save a small,

that he had an ulterior

Seeing Evan lifted up the pen and signed his name on the contract, Nicole finally felt

paper was the Lane Corporation’s

placing that

she said, “Mr. Seet, I need to ask you for another favor. Maya wants to eat your spaghetti again. Can

on a serious expression and rejected her request, claiming that the recipe was

rather forlornly. “Just forget that

to be

walked out of the president’s office, feeling

lips curved into

a silly woman! I’ll see you at

Nicole picked Nina and

moment Maya set foot in the house, she started whining about how she wanted

felt a migraine

refused to tell her the recipe. How was

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