Aaron bolted upright from his seat. “What?! What happened?”

Xante was about to tell him Corinne had gotten into Jeremy’s car when she noticed how red and swollen Aaron’s face was. “What happened to your face?”

Aaron touched his burning cheek. “What else? I was slapped by a girl,” he said self-deprecatingly.

“Serves you right,” said Xante with disgust.

Aaron shrugged. “Well, aren’t you going to tell me what happened?”

“The boss ran into Jeremy downstairs, and he asked her to get into his car. I don’t know where they’re going now, and she’s not picking up my phone.”

“Why would Jeremy be downstairs?” asked Aaron quizzically.

and the boss just happened to be there.

in that slap, so much so that it caused the corner of Aaron’s mouth to bleed. Of course, he wiped away the blood before Xante came

Annie slapped him. All he did was ask whether she would want to

Annie is in the car with them too, right? Jeremy will never do anything to the boss while Annie is there. Plus, she’s still pregnant with

at Aaron. “I know he won’t do anything to the boss at the time being, but do you think he’ll speak nicely to her? What if the boss gets so stressed that it induces an early labor? Hurry, call Annie and

going to pick up my calls. I

here, so she’s never going to tell me the truth if I call her. Come on, I know you’re good at coaxing whatever you want out of

sighed pitifully. “Fine. I’ll call her, but you need to step out.

up. Don’t waste time!” ordered Xante before she left

phone and stared at the screen despondently. It was not that he could not put down his pride to call Annie, but she had blocked him in all the ways

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255