The Ex and Her Riches

Kieran followed Inez out of the conference room and back to the CEO’s office.

Sensing her foul mood, he refrained from speaking throughout the entire journey.

After entering the office, Inez walked over to her chair, sat down, and turned to Kieran.

She lectured, “Mr. Kieran, it’s a basic requirement to put your phone on silent mode when you’re in a meeting. You-

Before she could finish, Kieran extended his left palm toward her and apologized, “I’m sorry, it was my mistake. There won’t be a next time. If you’re angry, you can punish me with a ruler like last time.”

Inez paused, unable to continue reprimanding him because his sincere attitude rendered her lecture useless.

As she stared at Kieran behaving obediently, her anger dissipated.

“Where did you learn to admit to your mistake right away? It’s so unlike your stubborn self from before.” “Being stubborn doesn’t get you anywhere. If a man has low emotional intelligence, he will be destined to be lonely because he won’t find a wife,” Kieran replied seriously.

Inez stifled a laugh.

During their time together, the more she spent time with him, the more she found him pleasing.

Sometimes she thought he was adorably silly, and other times she admired his earnest pursuit of her.

In truth, she was moved by his persistence in pursuing her for several months. After all, he was Kieran Harris, the second son of Salinsburgh’s wealthiest family and a man known for his aloofness and arrogance.

As she pondered, Kieran remained obediently standing before her with his left hand extended toward her, ready to receive any punishment.

If he hadn’t admitted his mistake and resorted to stubbornly defending himself, perhaps she would have chosen the simplest and most brutal way to educate her disobedient secretary out of frustration.

However, his upright attitude made it impossible for her to punish him.

At the thought of that, she gently tapped his palm with her hand.

“Considering it’s your first mistake, I’ll deduct a week of your salary. Any objections?”

It was only a week’s salary deductions.

was never

is fair, Ms. Mossey,”

refocused her gaze on the computer screen, casually saying. “Just now at the meeting, I noticed that you turned off your phone completely.

Kieran only membered that

her phone, he saw that all

Kieran? Did you manage to capture Iner’s

you bringing back

dinner as the

done recently, but I don’t trust others to handle it. If you have some freely please

I’m partly

texts

smile appeared on

seeing him smiling at the phone. Inez couldn’t help asking, “If I

for the

mentioning their engagement quite frequently, and he was becoming more comfortable exercising the privileges that came with it.

you as your fiancée. I’m

admitted to being his fiancée. Delighted, Kieran explained everything

to Salinsburgh soon to help her with something.”

Inez listened to him attentively, her

over a month of pursuing her, was he going back to Salinsburgh to resume his position as the esteemed Mr. Kieran

a strange mix of emotions but couldn’t pinpoint exactly what she was

do you plan to leave, Mr. Kieran? And…

the messages. “Kiddo wants you, her futur sister-in-law, to come with me. She’s

at herself, she asked, “Me going with

reading Gwendolyn’s

by Gwendolyn’s acceptance of her because she had always thought that the Harris family had very high standards for their descendants’ spouses. A girl from a small affluent family in Fairlake wouldn’t catch the attention of such a prestigious family like the Harris family, and their engagement only happened because of Kieran’s stubbornness.

that Gwendolyn was willing to accept her, which made her quite delighted.

come with me, Inez? Just treat it as a short vacation and an opportunity to relax for a few days.” Despite feeling happy, Inez didn’t immediately agree. “Didn’t we agree that you would pursue me for a year? If I go to Salinsburgh

as traditional as you think, especially now that Kiddo is the head of the family. Her decisions are more open-minded. Even

that point, Inez had nothing

“If I go, things may get complicated at Mossey Corporation. I’m