Her Revenge Was His Regret (Shirley and Gilbert) novel Chapter 291

Julia figured he couldn't exactly strangle her right here in public. So she'd just ignore the death vibes. Sooner or later, she'd be hers eventually anyway. The harder the chase, the deeper the fall when he finally fell for her.

She knew that "love me, hate me, burn for me" script inside and out.

Wasn't that how Hector started?

Now she had him wrapped around her finger.

"Sherry's got her husband right here to keep her company," Julia announced, loud enough for everyone. "Sitting with you, even as boss and employee? Doesn't look great. Her husband's the jealous type, you know."

She was making sure everyone knew Sherry was a married woman.

And her husband was right here.

Sure enough, Gilbert's voice came from behind them.

"Haven't you always wanted to go to Moon Tail Island? I'll take you."

He reached for Sherry, trying to steer her to the other side.

Sherry yanked her arm back. "You'll take me? I waited five years. Never happened. Now my company's doing a retreat, and suddenly we're doing it together?"

Gilbert frowned and scolded, "Enough. Drop the victim act. People are watching. I'm here now, aren't I? Does the reason really matter that much?"

"Yes. It matters." Sherry didn't flinch. "Besides, we're in the middle of divorce proceedings. No need to stand so close. Wouldn't want you spinning it later as 'proof our marriage isn't broken.'"

The old Sherry would've swallowed it, kept quiet for the sake of face, and let it slide.

Gilbert never thought she'd say "divorce" out loud in front of everyone. Didn't she know how embarrassing divorce was?

Was it supposed to be something to brag about?

"Ms. Campbell, maybe keep family matters within the family. No need to ruin everyone's mood. This is a company retreat, after all."

Julia's tone was perfectly reasonable.

Juan blew up first. "Who asked you? I've got a question for you. This is our company boat. Why are you on it?"

"Yeah! What's an outsider doing at our retreat?"

Julia hadn't expected them to ignore her pretty face and not say a single word in her defense.

She thought she made perfect sense.

Shouldn't they all agree? That was the normal response. Besides these loudmouths, why was everyone else stone-faced?

Some of them were even working on laptops during a retreat?

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