Romance

Before the woman in the black-framed glasses could finish speaking, she was interrupted by a cool voice.

It was followed by Myles’ tall and lean figure.

He stood behind Annie. Having just walked out of the elevator, the chilly air surrounding him was enough to make everyone hold bated breaths.

“Mr. Jennings, you’re here.”

Although the black-framed glasses lady felt it was confused, she acted like she had not seen anything and greeted Myles very calmly. Then, she stood there as if nothing happened, not bringing up what she said earlier.

“Yes. Hugh, bring her down.”

Myles nodded in satisfaction, then turned and headed for his office. The others naturally followed him, and nobody dared to ask him what his relationship was with Annie.

However, the words “she’s mine” he said earlier could not have been clearer. This news might spread through Jennings Corp. like wildfire before noon.

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“How is it? Do you feel sorry now? You should love yourself more, woman. To actually sell her body, how shameful!”

Angel assumed Annie’s silence confirmed her accusation, so she became even more arrogant while the sourness increased in her heart.

Her eyes watched Annie, looking her over from top to bottom and thinking about by what means did Annie have to get that kind of opportunity whereas she had to rely on sucking up to her superiors. She even had to give gifts to her superiors in order to stay.

“You… you’ve crossed the line!”

Annie bit her lip, so angry her mind was dizzy. She currently felt as if she had been stripped bare and put in the middle of the crowd.

Right now, she wished she could find a hole to bury herself in.

However, Hugh’s words replayed in her ear now. He had said she had not done anything to be ashamed of.

That was right. She had never done anything, so why d

“Annie Lane, how worthless are you? Don’t forget your current status. Even if I don’t like you, you’re still my wife in name and the wife of Jennings Corp.’s president. Also, do you think I'm unable to investigate that matter clearly?”

After staying silent for a moment, Myles blurted out these words rather rudely. The impatience was clear on his face.

Hearing this, Annie raised her head suddenly. What resounded in her head was the line about ‘even if I don’t like you’. This phrase… He finally said it out.

She knew in her heart that it was impossible that Myles married her out of love, and she did not harbor that fantasy either.

However, when she heard the confirmation with her own ears, Annie felt an unexplainable bitterness in her heart.

“But…”

“No buts. When you reach the company, report to the HR department. I’ll transfer you to work by my side.”

Seeing Annie’s face whiten, Myles spoke as sternly as usual. This little woman was too timid, and that made him very unhappy.

“You can’t!”

Hearing the last part, Annie raised her head to look at him straight in the eye, vehemently rejecting his suggestion.

“Give me a reason.”

On the contrary, Myles was calm, but his eyes narrowed testily. There had not been a woman who dared refuse him.

Annie was startled by Myles’ sudden forcefulness. Lips pursed, she stared at him, stunned. She eventually forced herself to say the words softly, “I… I don’t have any idea how to be a secretary… and I want to return to the accounting department.”

Annie gnashed her teeth and mustered the courage to speak up. Actually, her truest desire was to leave Jennings Corp.

Even if she had no more complaints regarding the previous difficulties, but… Myles was in Jennings Corp. Their relationship could make others misunderstand too easily.

Annie did not want to experience a day where a colleague would point at her nose and accuse her of being a slut who seduced their boss.

“Very well, you can.”

Myles nodded after a brief silence, trying to spare Annie of her awkwardness.

However, what Annie did not know was that his true intentions were to give her some time to transition a while, before making her obediently go to his side on her own accord.

“Really?”

Annie’s eyes lit up in pleasure. She really had not expected that Myles would be so reasonable.

Annie’s persistent questions earned her another impatient glance from Myles. “You head up first then.”

Myles guessed that Annie did not want to appear in the company at the same time as him, so he mercifully let Annie go first.

As expected, Annie’s impression of Myles improved once again. Her two eyes sparkling, she nodded at him, then hopped out of the car energetically like a cute white bunny.

“Mr. Jennings…”

Watching Annie’s figure vanish in the elevator and her lively appearance, Hugh looked at Myles a little tentatively.

Myles' tight face relaxed a little when he saw Annie ride the elevator up, seemingly at ease. This woman…

“It’s fine. She won’t notice.”

Myles nodded confidently. The woman had rocks for brains; there was no way she would notice. The elevator she was on was Myles’ private elevator that could only reach the floor of his office.

The situation was just as Myles predicted. Inside the elevator, Annie gave every floor’s button a press. When the only floor lit up, she watched the elevator doors close and finally relaxed.

That was fortunate. If this elevator had been broken, it would have been very awkward to walk out again…

However, what may be even more awkward was… when Annie finally arrived at the only floor that lit up and had to take the stairs down a few floors…

When the elevator doors suddenly opened, what awaited Annie was not a cheerful vision, but a group of brightly-dressed, solemn-looking… senior staff…

“Mr— Who are you?”

The woman standing at the forefront of the line of people had a file in hand and a pair of black-framed spectacles perched on her nose. She looked smart and capable, and her gaze was particularly sharp.

The moment she raised her head and saw Annie, her expression changed to one of rage, and the other people present also peered at Annie, who had appeared all of a sudden, like she was some strange creature.

This was the president’s exclusive elevator. Nobody else had ever ridden it. Why was she here?

Annie was also similarly startled. Facing the predatory gazes, her heart began pounding from shock.

“I… I’m Annie Lane.”

Annie answered honestly. Truthfully, her brain was already out of order. What was this situation…

She had no recollection that the 20th floor she had pressed earlier was the floor Myles’ office was located…

“Which department are you from?”

The stern woman in the black-framed spectacles asked emotionlessly, even looking down to search for her phone, preparing to make a call at any moment. She had the phone numbers of every department’s supervisors on her phone. Once Annie stated what department she was from, she had the ability to eject her from that department at once.

“The accounting department…”

Annie ground her teeth. Though she did not understand the situation, it seemed she had done something wrong…

However, if she was fired just like this, it would be as she wished too.

Thinking of this, Annie released a breath and looked at the strict woman with anticipation, wishing that she would tell her in the next second that she was fired.

“From tomorrow onward, you don’t have to come in anymore—”

“She’s mine.”

Before the woman in the black-framed glasses could finish speaking, she was interrupted by a cool voice.

It was followed by Myles’ tall and lean figure.

He stood behind Annie. Having just walked out of the elevator, the chilly air surrounding him was enough to make everyone hold bated breaths.

“Mr. Jennings, you’re here.”

Although the black-framed glasses lady felt it was confused, she acted like she had not seen anything and greeted Myles very calmly. Then, she stood there as if nothing happened, not bringing up what she said earlier.

“Yes. Hugh, bring her down.”

Myles nodded in satisfaction, then turned and headed for his office. The others naturally followed him, and nobody dared to ask him what his relationship was with Annie.

However, the words “she’s mine” he said earlier could not have been clearer. This news might spread through Jennings Corp. like wildfire before noon.

“Ms. Lane, please follow me.”

Hugh watched the still-frozen Annie and addressed her politely, silent

Chapter 26 Shame