The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan)

Chapter 55

"Jamie, you're such a catch. How come you're still single?" Ronan asked with a grin.

"Just haven't found the right one yet." Jamie replied, his face pale.

Ronan stopped talking to Jamie and started to discuss a juicy piece of gossip from Millstone: the wife of

a well-known financier, Grant, had an affair with a young man. She thought her husband wouldn't do

anything to her, but little did she know, Grant found photos of her and the young man, stripping her of

everything. Both she and the young man were now unable to survive in Millstone.

"Yeah, she didn't watch her own back, letting a big shot like Grant become the laughing stock." Jamie's

father grumbled, wiping his sweat with a tissue.

"This young lad's just asking for trouble, dragging others down with him. He's got a serious punishment

coming!" Ronan declared, swirling his wine glass.

He seemed like he was just making casual conversation.

Cordelia, however, felt a shiver down her spine.

So did Jamie's father, Thomas Colby.

He was a sharp man. Just now, Cordelia mentioned she was studying for the CPA exam and Jamie

knew her.

Ronan wasn't one for small talk, much less inviting him to dinner for no reason. He must be hinting at

something.

Probably warning Cordelia and Jamie.

Ronan was really playing hardball.

After dinner, Cordelia and Ronan left.

Jamie was about to say something to Cordelia but was silenced by a stern look from his father.

"Are you throwing away your dignity?" Thomas scolded in a low voice.

Once in the car, Jamie asked Thomas, "Do you know Ronan? How did you meet?"

"You're not allowed to see Cordelia anymore. No matter how much you like her. She's Ronan's woman

now." Thomas sternly warned Jamie.

"But there's no love between them! They're bound to break up." Jamie protested.

"As long as she's not leaving him, you're the one who should be seriously punished. Didn't you get

Ronan's hint?"

"But dad, why are you scared of Ronan?"

Thomas' face became frosty, but he remained silent.

Years ago, when Ronan was studying abroad, Thomas was involved in a scheme against Ronan's

father. Later, Ronan got hold of evidence and has been controlling him since. So, even though he was

a man in his fifties, he had no dignity in front of Ronan.

In Ronan's car.

Cordelia didn't say a word, looking sick.

She began to feign sleep, ignoring Ronan.

She was wondering, why did Ronan choose to host a dinner now?

Glamour Hub messaged her on Monday, meaning, by then, Ronan had already planned the dinner.

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takeaway bags.

And she was shooting the drama at the hospital where Cordelia’s mom was.

Cordelia picked up her phone and immediately messaged Brooklyn, "Did Deanna go to the company

on Monday?"

Soon, Brooklyn replied, "I just subtly asked the reception, they said, she usually goes straight to the

CEO's office."

That made it clear, Deanna must have said something to Ronan.

Cordelia couldn't understand, as the CEO of Lumos Enterprises, how could Ronan blindly trust

Deanna's words?

Or was it because Deanna was Ronan's ideal lover, so he believed whatever she said?

That day, Cordelia thought Deanna was seriously filming, but she didn't expect that she had noticed

Cordelia in the distance.

She really went to great lengths for this.

Back home, Cordelia grabbed her duvet and headed for the guest room.

Today Ronan had completely humiliated her.

"Upset?" Ronan asked Cordelia coldly.

"What position did you put me in today? If you have something to say, why not ask me directly?"

Cordelia stood in the living room, full of righteous indignation.

"Would you tell?" Ronan scoffed.

"I won't tell. I'll just wait for Deanna to tell you. Whatever she says, is the truth!"

"So it's not the truth?"

Cordelia remained silent.

She was furious. That day, Deanna only saw, she didn't hear their conversation.

So, what Deanna conveyed to Ronan was probably just Jamie holding her hand, maybe even adding

some of her own assumptions.

As for what Cordelia said, she didn't hear it, even if she did, she wouldn't tell Ronan.

Deanna just wanted to stir up trouble, to make Cordelia divorce as soon as possible!

"If you dare to have any intimate behavior with other men in the future, I won't let you off." Ronan's

voice was cold as he gave Cordelia the final warning.

Cordelia was taken aback by the phrase "intimate behavior", she angrily sat on the bed with her duvet.

"You're not allowed to sleep in the guest room tonight!"

Cordelia looked at him with reddened eyes, "You're a tyrant, possessive, selfish, and inconsiderate!"

"Want a divorce?" Ronan was smiling, but it wasn't genuine.

"Yes, I want to escape from your cage as soon as possible!"

"Don't even think about it!"