Chapter 271 Will You Marry Me
With Byron’s words, Cora wondered if he still had some tricks up his sleeve.
But she also thought that if he really did, he wouldn’t have been ridiculed and mocked by others all these days, cooped up with her in this small LO apartment.
So Cora quickly pushed that thought aside, and Byron couldn’t care less about these matters either.
“Forget about that. Take a look at this,” Byron said.
Cora lowered her head and saw the opened velvet box in his hand.
Inside lay a pearl anklet adorned with the Southern Pearls, which were the best among all kinds. Each pearl was so round, lustrous, and elegantly incomparable, and the key was that these pearls were also rare rose-red in color.
Paired with the rose gold chain, this strand of pearls looked even more captivating, like a piece of art among accessories.
There was no woman who didn’t like such beautiful jewelry, and Cora was no exception.
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As she stared at the anklet, she couldn’t help but be
mesmerized.
Seeing her lost in fascination, Byron’s lips curled up secretly.
However, he never expected that the very next second the
woman who was lost in admiration would raise her hand and
give him a punch.
Byron, caught off guard by the sudden blow, asked, “What’s
wrong?”
“You’re unemployed, yet you still spent money recklessly,” Cora
scolded.
Byron raised an eyebrow. “It’s not that expensive.”
“Do you think I don’t know how to appraise jewelry? These are Southern Pearls, and each one has such good color. They
must be worth a fortune.”
Cora continued, “You used to like giving me these little
trinkets, and I could accept them without guilt because I knew you could afford them. But now that you’re still out of work and spending your savings like this, how are you going to
survive in the future?”
Cora was worried that saying these things would hurt Byron’s
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self–esteem, especially since he had been born into wealth and privilege and had never been constrained by money.
Unexpectedly, Byron smiled and pulled her into his arms. “Are you already a caring wife even before marrying me?”
“Stop it! I’m serious. Why are you still joking? I’m not your
wife!” Cora blushed instantly and tried to break free from his embrace.
But Byron held her slender waist tightly and wouldn’t let go. “So, will you marry me or not?”
“I won’t,” she replied. Cora didn’t mind that he had lost control of the Hansen Group, but at least she was expecting a more
romantic scenario.
However, Byron ignored her rejection and started to teach her
a lesson on the couch.
Whenever she was on the verge of the ultimate pleasure, he would ask her playfully, “Will you marry me?”
At first, Cora stubbornly refused to give in so as not to appear too eager to get married.
But later on, she simply didn’t have any strength left.
Seeing Byron’s mischievous look, she pleaded without any
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dignity, “I will marry you, alright? Will that satisfy you?”
But instead, she saw his wicked smile, leading to another round of desirous drowning under the guise of celebration…
The next day, after finishing her shift at the hospital, Byron went to pick her up to get styled.
When they were ready to go to the banquet venue, Cora wore a black halter–neck bodycon dress, and her shoulder–length hair was styled into lazy curls, casually cascading down.
Byron was also in a black tuxedo and a pair of shiny leather
shoes.
Together, they looked like a perfect couple.
“What do you think we’re doing here? Kicking everyone’s ass?”
Cora realized only when she entered the banquet venue that the event was quite grand, gathering almost all the influential figures in New York.
The entire Hansen family was present, except for the hospitalized Osborn.
Even the Yoris family had spared no effort to attend.
Moreover, Cora noticed an exaggerated poster at the
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entrance of the banquet: [Warmly welcome the domestic CEO of Sunda Group.]
Cora didn’t know why the domestic CEO of Sunda Group was
here, but she was certain that Byron had some intentions of bringing her here today.
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