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After pulling into the parking lot of the Shelton Building, Byron turned off the engine and asked, “Do you get off at six?”
“Seven if I have to work overtime. Are you going to pick me up?” Candice asked as she unbuckled her seatbelt.
“May I?”
He wasn’t actually asking but rather, informing her in a domineering manner.
“You have a busier job at the hospital than I do, right?”
“I’m busy but not really either,” he clipped./
“I don’t need you to pick me up.”
Byron didn’t expect her to refute outright.
“You didn’t drive today,” he said.
“I can take the subway. Line 5 is right across the street,’ Candice said as she was about to alight.
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“Am I ugly?” he asked out of the blue.
“No.”
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If Byron was ugly, 99% of the men in the world would be hideous.
He couldn’t help but be annoyed. “Then what are you afraid of?”
“I’m not afraid of you.”
Byron tilted his head and glanced at Candice.
She was getting diffident. “I just don’t want to incur your wrath now that you’re in a bad mood.”
Byron had lost a girlfriend and gained a brother, which was seriously infuriating.
He suddenly leaned forward and the next thing Candice knew, her eyes went black. He was completely invading her.
She was overwhelmed with the scent of ginger and tea from his skin, shirt, and pores.
It was a clean smell but incredibly intense on Byron.
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At this moment, his eyes were filled with a cold, deep, and subtle mysteriousness.
What woman can resist such an alluring stare?
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Candice was a little disoriented as she remarked, “You’ve changed your perfume.”
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The next moment, Byron pressed his nose and lips against her forehead to give her a kiss on the eyelids.
“It’s just my shower gel.”
He gave up the scent of almond liqueur that Vicky liked.
In fact, it was the scent that suited him best.
It was addictive and intoxicating.
There was a tumultuous, sharp toughness.
Mesmerizing as hell.
It seemed that he was determined to make a clean break.
“Is that a statement you’re making to me?”
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Most men who say they’ve forgotten are just trying to keep things peaceful and appease their current partners. The more they loved their exes, the more eternal the memories.
Candice couldn’t forget Rufus either, unless, of course, she met a scu mbag who was even worse than him.
“I won’t think about her on purpose.”
He added while she was in a trance.
Byron was really a man who titillated the heartstrings.
With just the right amount of flirtation, and a smile that was not too strong or faint, he made Candice fall in and out of focus.
Byron kissed her carefully. He was quite a good kisser and although he didn’t plant many kisses, he would strike her in the right places every single time.
He alternated between intense and light kisses. He could tell from her reaction what kind of kiss she was craving next.
When Byron had his arms wrapped around her waist and Candice slipped into a daze, Monica passed by in front of the car without her noticing.
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At the same time, her fellow female colleague pointed out to her, “Monica, this Jaguar model is more expensive than our boss’s Porsche Cayenne.”
Candice shivered and wriggled out of his arms. “There’s someone.”
While sitting up straight, she accidentally touched a button, and Monica peered in through the window that was slowly descending.
“It’s you, handsome,” she called out.
Byron straightened the folds of his shirt and nodded politely at her but did not greet her.
It was obvious that the creases were the result of a hot make out session.
Monica said suggestively, “Candice, you’re looking for a thrill, eh?”
She got out of the car and shoved Monica. “Stop fooling around.”
“Am I fooling around or are you fooling around? You’ve been wild since you got a divorced.”
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It wouldn’t be a big deal if Monica was the only one who saw her. Now that there was another colleague whom Candice wasn’t familiar with, she couldn’t help but feel
embarrassed.
She covered Monica’s move and said, “We’re running late! Is Patrick in today?”
“He’s coming in at noon…” Monica said in a mu ffled voice as she was being gagged.
“Candice, come here,” Byron called out to her.
She paused in her tracks and turned her head to say to him, “I have to go to work.”
Her voice was inexplicably petulant, with a bit of a feminine complaint and fear. It made him feel just like a feather was tickling his heart.
Byron’s tone softened a little and he said, “I have something to tell you.”
She hesitated and winked while murmuring, “My colleague…”
“Come here.”
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His voice was deep, domineering, and irresistible.
Candice dawdled for a while before lying reluctantly at the window.
With a burning gaze and a hidden desire in his eyes, Byron said, “Lower your head.”
She bent down and leaned into the window with her upper body, while Byron propped his right hand against the passenger seat and whispered in her ear, “It’s showing.”
“What?”
She didn’t get it.
His left hand, which was resting on his knee, suddenly reached for her collar, and Candice subconsciously dodged.
“Don’t move.”
Candice tensed up.
Byron twisted two fingers around her rose-colored buttons, fiddling with them a little, and said, “You’re so careless.”
It turned out that her collar was open and her champagne- colored bra was showing.
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She blushed and said, “Hurry up and button them.”
He chuckled lightly and said, “Now you’re anxious, huh? If I didn’t remind you, you wouldn’t have noticed.”
“I didn’t notice, okay?”
Her temper resembled Vicky’s a little.
However, she was less ill-tempered than Vicky. Candice would usually whine coquettishly.
Her voice was soft and sweet, so she didn’t sound fierce.
With an interest in teasing her, Byron pressed his palm to the back of Candice’s head and brushed his chin across the corner of her lips, causing her to feel pri ckly because of the light stubble that he hadn’t had time to sh ave off.
“You look good in black.”
That time at the hotel, she was dressed in all black too.
The seductive way her flawless body looked in black was indescribable.
Byron had deliberately saved a black piece of lingerie for her,
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which was absolutely enchanting.
Candice straightened her back and said, “Professor Wilson, behave yourself.”
He sat back down and said, “Okay.”
What a well-dressed and civilized-looking sc um.
When Candice returned to the office, Monica had made a cup of coffee and was waiting for her with it.
She sulked, sat down, and started working.
Monica tapped her table and said, “You’re really something, huh? You came to work in a luxury car and you called yourself poor. Last week, you even hitched a ride in my ex- boyfriend’s Chevrolet without giving gas money. Turns out you’ve been hiding all along.”
While sipping on her drink, Candice said perfunctorily, “It’s not my car anyway.”
“Once you get your hands on the owner, the car will be yours, wouldn’t it?” Monica moved her chair to her side and said, “That man is younger than Percy, right?”
“He’s a few years younger.”
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Monica lamented, “I like Percy better.”
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Candice glanced at her and asked, “Don’t you like young hunks?”
“Who wants young hunks when you can have a mature, rich man? The thing is, you can’t catch mature men because they’re way too smart. They’ve got high standards too and a compatible partner is definitely their go-to.”
Candice felt that Percy was not like a man who would use marriage as a stepping stone.
Byron included.
One, they were too rich to care about money and two, they were too capable to let women use them.
Men like them lived in a world of lies where love was the only pure territory that they didn’t want to taint.
Apart from money and status, they were in pursuit of a partner who could click with them spiritually and physically.
Byron rushed to the hospital and stood at the stairway for a while, recalling Candice’s voice when she called him “Professor Wilson”.
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It was somewhat cute and pleasing to the ear.
She was really puerile, a trait that would be another woman’s weakness. However, for Candice, it was a wonderful trait.
It made her a rare gem.
He went upstairs to see that Consultation Rooms 1 and 2 were not open for consultation. He and Harry were taking the afternoon shift.
The man behind the table had his head buried in writing a paper. He looked up to see that Byron was smiling faintly and he teased, “No wonder you look so happy. Seems like you’re glad about having a stepson!”
He immediately returned to his usual aloofness.
Harry shrugged his shoulders and handed him the
documents. “Here are some orders from the hospital. You’re going on a business trip tomorrow.”
Byron flipped through it twice. “Without you?”
“I’m not qualified. Well, you’re the leader of the department.”
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“Cut the cr ap.”
He changed into his work attire. His cuffs were a little dirty and he tried to wipe it with a disinfectant towel.
“This time, you’re going to be representing our hospital in medical research, so leave your romance behind and do us proud.”
Byron glared at him. “Have I ever been preoccupied with romance?”
“No, never,” Harry said timidly.
What he was concerned about was more than that.
Candice, on the other hand, got a call from Percy on her lunch break, asking her to come downstairs to meet him at the door.
She hurried out of the lobby, gasping for breath as she greeted him, “Mr. Percy?”
Percy gestured for her to get in the car.
“Court is next month on the 4th. Can you be present?”
“No problem.”
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He laughed out loud. “What were you running for?”
“I’m afraid I’ll delay you.”
“Nah.” Percy put his hand on her cheek, trying to brush a strand of hair out of her face while Candice tucked it behind her ear quickly. “Thanks.”
He paused for a moment and took out a rectangular velvet box while saying, “I don’t know if you’ll like this but…”
It was obviously jewelry.
Candice couldn’t accept it.
“Mr. Percy…”
“Open it to take a look,” Percy said.
She had to open it, given his insistence.
Candice opened it to see that it was a necklace.
With his status and wealth, it wasn’t considered exorbitant but it’s the thought that counts.
Since he was so thoughtful, it would be inappropriate for her
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to decline further.
Not only was Byron very good at taking control of women, Percy also knew a lot about women. He knew to keep things within an appropriate level and avoid making the situation too awkward.
“Do you like it?”
“Why are you giving this to me?”
Percy had already thought of a reason. “To thank you.”
“I should thank you for helping me hire Lawyer Seth instead. I haven’t helped you with anything,” Candice said.
“Your presence in the Fortune Group lounge prevented me from making a mistake.”
He didn’t finish, but Candice knew what he was referring to.
Nicole was very s**y at that time, but Percy’s interest was minimal, and even if Candice didn’t barge in, they wouldn’t have followed through.
As for whether they had ever been intimate and whether they would be in the future, she was not sure.
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Percy was quite reliable to not do such a thing at the office.
“That’s not a mistake. It’s normal for a boss to have contact with his secretary in private.”
He laughed and said, “I might not be like them. There’s no point in sleeping with someone you have no feelings for. Isn’t that so?”
Candice was impressed to hear his words.
“Your future wife will be very happy.”
“My future wife…” He laughed even more.
Candice scrutinized him.
At this point, Percy asked, “Can you put on the necklace now?”
Candice was confused by his request but she did so anyway.
Percy watched in silence, her face, and the way she wore the necklace. He gradually felt her merging with the woman in his memories.
He could not help but clench the steering wheel harder and harder.
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Candice also felt that it was beautiful.
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It had a subtle and simple yet exquisite design.
After a long time, Percy said in a voice that was a little hoa rse and obscure, “It suits you.”
Before returning to Shelton Building, Candice left the necklace in his car without saying a word.
She couldn’t describe how she felt.
Her intuition was that it was not a good idea to take it.
There was a heavy story in Percy’s gaze, and Candice couldn’t help but flinch and retreat.
She knew nothing about it, so she didn’t touch it.
Candice stepped out of the elevator while a man also stepped out of the one next to hers. She wasn’t paying attention at first, until she entered the office and the man. followed her in.
“You’ve been having a good time lately, huh? You’ve been getting hot and heavy with men while trying to force me into a corner,” he remarked.
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He was creating trouble again.
Candice snapped, “What are you here for?”
Rufus’ face was grim, “Why are you attacking your ex- husband now that you have a new lover? You’ve ruined my career, and you’re going to make me homeless?”
A man who was once an accomplished man had become a scoundrel.
Candice only found him to be pathetic.
This was the man she had so passionately pursued, who had taught her love and affection, who had taught her to hate. and wait, and who had now turned against her.
She said in a shaky voice, “Rufus, I didn’t want it to come to this. I tried to forgive and fix our marriage when I found out you cheated on me, but you’re the one who’s trying to drive me to death.”
“You’re getting into relationships with every man you see. You shameless bi tc h!” Rufus barked as he grabbed the mirror with one hand and her neck with the other.
Candice took a look to see that there was a fresh hic key on the right side of her neck that Byron had given her in the
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She gritted her teeth and said, “We’re divorced, it’s none of your business if I have a new man!”
“You sued me and it’s none of my f***ing business?” Rufus yanked on her hair and Candice was forced to move along. With a tingling and burning sensation in her scalp, she felt as if it was about to be ripped apart.
“I’ve let you off the h o o k by not reclaiming the money you spent feeding Rita. I’m just trying to take back the house that belongs to me!”
“You voluntarily put it in my name before the marriage, so you have no right to back out!”
In pain and anger, Candice yelled, “You’re the one who cheated me into doing that with your fancy words!”
Annoyed, Rufus grabbed the vase in the corner and slashed it against her head, instantly forming a four- or five- centimeter gas h that slashed across her cheekbone from the corner of her eye.
Half of her face was covered in blood.
Monica screamed, “Candice! Call the cops!”
Her screaming was pointless and instead, it angered Rufus
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further as he kicked Candice and caused her to hit her head against the corner of the table while turning pale at the same time.
Her sternum was broken.
Patrick heard the commotion, and came out of the office, only to bump straight into the agitated Rufus, causing him to smash his head against the chair. The leg of the chair had broken off and his arm was bleeding.
Rufus yelled hysterically, “Adulterous pair! You schemed against me after cheating on me! Candice, how many men have you been sleeping with behind my back? Yet, you have the nerve to sue me?”
With his eyes closed tightly, Patrick collapsed to the ground.
Chaos broke out on the first floor.
Byron happened to be in the emergency room, with his stethoscope off, talking to a family member about what appeared to be a male patient who required immediately surgery because he had been working on a construction site and had been impaled by a steel bar in his lower body.
As two stretchers passed in front of him, he caught a glimpse of Candice lying half-dead on one of them, her head covered in blood.
His expression changed and he rushed towards the doctors. “What’s going on?”